Smoothed monthly Greenland ice sheet  elevation changes during 2003–2023

Khan, Shfaqat A.; Seroussi, Helene; Morlighem, Mathieu; Colgan, William; Helm, Veit; Cheng, Gong; Berg, Danjal; Barletta, Valentina R.; Larsen, Nicolaj K.; Kochtitzky, William; van den Broeke, Michiel; Kjær, Kurt H.; Aschwanden, Andy; Noël, Brice; Box, Jason E.; MacGregor, Joseph A.; Fausto, Robert S.; Mankoff, Kenneth D.; Howat, Ian M.; Oniszk, Kuba; Fahrner, Dominik; Løkkegaard, Anja; Lippert, Eigil Y. H.; Bråtner, Alicia; Hassan, Javed

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-3047-2025

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-3047-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-3047-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

Data description paper

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30 Jun 2025

Data description paper |

| 30 Jun 2025

Smoothed monthly Greenland ice sheet elevation changes during 2003–2023

Shfaqat A. Khan, Helene Seroussi, Mathieu Morlighem, William Colgan, Veit Helm, Gong Cheng, Danjal Berg, Valentina R. Barletta, Nicolaj K. Larsen, William Kochtitzky, Michiel van den Broeke, Kurt H. Kjær, Andy Aschwanden, Brice Noël, Jason E. Box, Joseph A. MacGregor, Robert S. Fausto, Kenneth D. Mankoff, Ian M. Howat, Kuba Oniszk, Dominik Fahrner, Anja Løkkegaard, Eigil Y. H. Lippert, Alicia Bråtner, and Javed Hassan

Data sets

Gravitational mass balance of Greenland 2003 to present, v2.4. Valentina Roberta Barletta et al. https://doi.org/10.11583/DTU.12866579.v4

Smoothed monthly Greenland ice sheet elevation changes during 2003-2023 S. A. Khan et al. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.s4mw6m9dh

Model code and software

Matlab code related to paper: Smoothed monthly Greenland ice sheet elevation changes during 2003-2023 by Khan et al, 2024. (in ESSD). In Smoothed monthly Greenland ice sheet elevation changes during 2003-2023 Shfaqat Abbas Khan et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13276108

Video supplement

Cumulative surface elevation change of GIS from 2003 to 2023 Shfaqat Abbas Khan https://ftp.space.dtu.dk/pub/abbas/ESSD2024/

Short summary

The surface elevation of the Greenland Ice Sheet is changing due to surface mass balance processes and ice dynamics, each exhibiting distinct spatiotemporal patterns. Here, we employ satellite and airborne altimetry data with fine spatial (1 km) and temporal (monthly) resolutions to document this spatiotemporal evolution from 2003 to 2023. This dataset of fine-resolution altimetry data in both space and time will support studies of ice mass loss and be useful for GIS ice sheet modeling.