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A high resolution record of Greenland mass balance. / McMillan, Malcolm; Leeson, Amber Alexandra; Shepherd, Andrew et al.
In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 43, No. 13, 16.07.2016, p. 7002-7010.

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McMillan, M, Leeson, AA, Shepherd, A, Briggs, K, Armitage, TWK, Hogg, A, Kuipers Munneke, P, Van Den Broeke, M, Brice, N, van de Berg, WJ, Ligtenberg, S, Horwath, M, Groh, A, Muir, A & Gilbert, L 2016, 'A high resolution record of Greenland mass balance', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 43, no. 13, pp. 7002-7010. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069666

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McMillan, M., Leeson, A. A., Shepherd, A., Briggs, K., Armitage, T. W. K., Hogg, A., Kuipers Munneke, P., Van Den Broeke, M., Brice, N., van de Berg, W. J., Ligtenberg, S., Horwath, M., Groh, A., Muir, A., & Gilbert, L. (2016). A high resolution record of Greenland mass balance. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(13), 7002-7010. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069666

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McMillan M, Leeson AA, Shepherd A, Briggs K, Armitage TWK, Hogg A et al. A high resolution record of Greenland mass balance. Geophysical Research Letters. 2016 Jul 16;43(13):7002-7010. Epub 2016 Jun 16. doi: 10.1002/2016GL069666

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McMillan, Malcolm ; Leeson, Amber Alexandra ; Shepherd, Andrew et al. / A high resolution record of Greenland mass balance. In: Geophysical Research Letters. 2016 ; Vol. 43, No. 13. pp. 7002-7010.

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title = "A high resolution record of Greenland mass balance",
abstract = "We map recent Greenland Ice Sheet elevation change at high spatial (5-km) and temporal (monthly) resolution using CryoSat-2 altimetry. After correcting for the impact of changing snowpack properties associated with unprecedented surface melting in 2012, we find good agreement (3 cm/yr bias) with airborne measurements. With the aid of regional climate and firn modelling, we compute high spatial and temporal resolution records of Greenland mass evolution, which correlate (R = 0.96) with monthly satellite gravimetry, and reveal glacier dynamic imbalance. During 2011-2014, Greenland mass loss averaged 269 ± 51 Gt/yr. Atmospherically-driven losses were widespread, with surface melt variability driving large fluctuations in the annual mass deficit. Terminus regions of five dynamically-thinning glaciers, which constitute less than 1% of Greenland's area, contributed more than 12% of the net ice loss. This high-resolution record demonstrates that mass deficits extending over small spatial and temporal scales have made a relatively large contribution to recent ice sheet imbalance.",
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AU - Leeson, Amber Alexandra

AU - Shepherd, Andrew

AU - Briggs, Kate

AU - Armitage, Thomas W. K.

AU - Hogg, Anna

AU - Kuipers Munneke, Peter

AU - Van Den Broeke, Michiel

AU - Brice, Noël

AU - van de Berg, Willem Jan

AU - Ligtenberg, Stefan

AU - Horwath, Martin

AU - Groh, Andreas

AU - Muir, Alan

AU - Gilbert, Lin

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N2 - We map recent Greenland Ice Sheet elevation change at high spatial (5-km) and temporal (monthly) resolution using CryoSat-2 altimetry. After correcting for the impact of changing snowpack properties associated with unprecedented surface melting in 2012, we find good agreement (3 cm/yr bias) with airborne measurements. With the aid of regional climate and firn modelling, we compute high spatial and temporal resolution records of Greenland mass evolution, which correlate (R = 0.96) with monthly satellite gravimetry, and reveal glacier dynamic imbalance. During 2011-2014, Greenland mass loss averaged 269 ± 51 Gt/yr. Atmospherically-driven losses were widespread, with surface melt variability driving large fluctuations in the annual mass deficit. Terminus regions of five dynamically-thinning glaciers, which constitute less than 1% of Greenland's area, contributed more than 12% of the net ice loss. This high-resolution record demonstrates that mass deficits extending over small spatial and temporal scales have made a relatively large contribution to recent ice sheet imbalance.

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