dc.contributor.author | Rignot, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Braaten, David A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gogineni, Sivaprasad | |
dc.contributor.author | Krabill, William B. | |
dc.contributor.author | McConnell, Joesph R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-14T18:42:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-11-14T18:42:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-03-25 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rignot, E., D. Braaten, S. P. Gogineni, W. B. Krabill, and J. R. McConnell (2004), Rapid ice discharge from southeast Greenland glaciers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L10401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004GL019474. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15753 | |
dc.description | This is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004GL019474. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | [1] Interferometric synthetic-aperture radar (InSAR) observations of southeast Greenland glaciers acquired by the Earth Remote Sensing Satellites (ERS-1/2) in 1996 were combined with ice sounding radar data collected in the late 1990s to estimate a total discharge of 46 ± 3 km3 ice per year between 62°N and 66°N, which is significantly lower than a mass input of 29 ± 3 km3 ice per year calculated from a recent compilation of snow accumulation data. Further north, Helheim Glacier discharges 23 ± 1 km3/yr vs 30 ± 3 km3/yr accumulation; Kangerdlugssuaq Glacier discharges 29 ± 2 km3/yr vs 23 ± 2 km3/yr; and Daugaard-Jensen Glacier discharges 10.5 ± 0.6 km3/yr vs 10.5 ± 1 km3/yr. The mass balance of east Greenland glaciers is therefore dominated by the negative mass balance of southeast Greenland glaciers (−17 ± 4 km3/yr), equivalent to a sea level rise of 0.04 ± 0.01 mm/yr. Warmer and drier conditions cannot explain the imbalance which we attribute to long-term changes in ice dynamics. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.subject | Glaciology | |
dc.subject | Interferometry | |
dc.subject | Remote sensing | |
dc.subject | Sea level: variations and mean | |
dc.title | Rapid ice discharge from southeast Greenland glaciers | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Braaten, David A. | |
kusw.kuauthor | Gogineni, Sivaprasad | |
kusw.kudepartment | Geography | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1029/2004GL019474 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |