Accelerating Ice Loss From Peripheral Glaciers in North Greenland
© 2022. The Authors.
| Publié dans: | Geophysical research letters. - 1984. - 49(2022), 12 vom: 28. Juni, Seite e2022GL098915 |
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| Autres auteurs: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Article en ligne |
| Langue: | English |
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2022
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| Accès à la collection: | Geophysical research letters |
| Sujets: | Journal Article Greenland Icesat‐2 ice mass loss peripheral glacier satellite altimetry sea level rise |
| Résumé: | © 2022. The Authors. In recent decades, Greenland's peripheral glaciers have experienced large-scale mass loss, resulting in a substantial contribution to sea level rise. While their total area of Greenland ice cover is relatively small (4%), their mass loss is disproportionally large compared to the Greenland ice sheet. Satellite altimetry from Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) and ICESat-2 shows that mass loss from Greenland's peripheral glaciers increased from 27.2 ± 6.2 Gt/yr (February 2003-October 2009) to 42.3 ± 6.2 Gt/yr (October 2018-December 2021). These relatively small glaciers now constitute 11 ± 2% of Greenland's ice loss and contribute to global sea level rise. In the period October 2018-December 2021, mass loss increased by a factor of four for peripheral glaciers in North Greenland. While peripheral glacier mass loss is widespread, we also observe a complex regional pattern where increases in precipitation at high altitudes have partially counteracted increases in melt at low altitude |
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| Description: | Date Revised 31.07.2022 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0094-8276 |
| DOI: | 10.1029/2022GL098915 |