Annual Greenland accumulation rates (2009–2012) from airborne snow radar
Contemporary climate warming over the Arctic is accelerating mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet through increasing surface melt, emphasizing the need to closely monitor its surface mass balance in order to improve sea-level rise predictions. Snow accumulation is the largest component of the ice...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2016-08-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/1739/2016/tc-10-1739-2016.pdf |