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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1597-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1597-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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Data description paper
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20 Apr 2023
Data description paper |
| 20 Apr 2023
| 20 Apr 2023
Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020
Inès N. Otosaka
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Andrew Shepherd
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria
University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Erik R. Ivins
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, United States
Nicole-Jeanne Schlegel
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, United States
Charles Amory
Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Michiel R. van den Broeke
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Martin Horwath
Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität
Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Ian Joughin
Polar Science Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Michalea D. King
Polar Science Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Gerhard Krinner
Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Sophie Nowicki
Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Anthony J. Payne
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol,
United Kingdom
Eric Rignot
Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Ted Scambos
Earth Science and Observation Center, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
Karen M. Simon
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geoscience, Delft University of
Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Benjamin E. Smith
Polar Science Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Louise S. Sørensen
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby,
Denmark
Isabella Velicogna
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, United States
Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Pippa L. Whitehouse
Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
Geruo A
Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Cécile Agosta
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, LSCE-IPSL, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
Glaciology and Climate, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Alejandro Blazquez
Spatial Geophysics and Oceanography Studies Laboratory, CNRS, Toulouse, France
William Colgan
Glaciology and Climate, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, Denmark
Marcus E. Engdahl
ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy
Xavier Fettweis
Geography, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Rene Forsberg
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby,
Denmark
Hubert Gallée
Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Alex Gardner
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, United States
Lin Gilbert
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, West
Sussex, United Kingdom
Noel Gourmelen
School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Andreas Groh
Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität
Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Brian C. Gunter
Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
Christopher Harig
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Veit Helm
Glaciology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Shfaqat Abbas Khan
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby,
Denmark
Christoph Kittel
Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Hannes Konrad
Satellite-based Climate Monitoring, Deutscher Wetterdienst,
Offenbach/Main, Germany
Peter L. Langen
Department of Environmental Science, iClimate, Aarhus University,
Roskilde, Denmark
Benoit S. Lecavalier
Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada
Chia-Chun Liang
Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Bryant D. Loomis
Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Malcolm McMillan
Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Daniele Melini
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy
Sebastian H. Mernild
SDU Climate Cluster, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Ruth Mottram
Research and Development Department, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jeremie Mouginot
Institute of Environmental Geosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
Johan Nilsson
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, United States
Brice Noël
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Mark E. Pattle
isardSAT, Guildford, United Kingdom
William R. Peltier
Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Nadege Pie
Center for Space Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Mònica Roca
isardSAT, Barcelona, Spain
Ingo Sasgen
Glaciology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Himanshu V. Save
Center for Space Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Ki-Weon Seo
Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National
University, Seoul, South Korea
Bernd Scheuchl
Earth System Science, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Ernst J. O. Schrama
Department of Space Engineering, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft, Delft, the Netherlands
Ludwig Schröder
Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität
Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Sebastian B. Simonsen
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby,
Denmark
Thomas Slater
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Giorgio Spada
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Alma Mater Studiorum
Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Tyler C. Sutterley
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma
Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research, Indian Institute of
Science, Bengaluru, India
Jan Melchior van Wessem
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
David Wiese
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, CA, United States
Wouter van der Wal
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geoscience, Delft University of
Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Bert Wouters
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geoscience, Delft University of
Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University,
Utrecht, the Netherlands
Data sets
Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet mass balance 1992-2020 for IPCC AR6 The IMBIE Team https://doi.org/10.5285/77B64C55-7166-4A06-9DEF-2E400398E452
Model code and software
IMBIE2 Processor v3.0 The IMBIE Team https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7342481
Short summary
By measuring changes in the volume, gravitational attraction, and ice flow of Greenland and Antarctica from space, we can monitor their mass gain and loss over time. Here, we present a new record of the Earth’s polar ice sheet mass balance produced by aggregating 50 satellite-based estimates of ice sheet mass change. This new assessment shows that the ice sheets have lost (7.5 x 1012) t of ice between 1992 and 2020, contributing 21 mm to sea level rise.
By measuring changes in the volume, gravitational attraction, and ice flow of Greenland and...
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