How Greenland melts

Satellite altimetry and gravimetry show that the Greenland ice sheet has been losing volume and mass since the beginning of this century. However, from these short time series of direct measurements we cannot infer what the causes of the mass loss are, i.e. ice dynamics or surface processes, or that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: van den Broeke M.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2010-12-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201009011