Increased variability in Greenland Ice Sheet runoff from satellite observations

Accurate assessments of ice-sheet runoff are essential for sea-level projections. A new method using satellite altimeter observations can provide near real-time surface mass balance measurements across an entire ice sheet and reveal runoff variability not captured by global climate models.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas Slater, Andrew Shepherd, Malcolm McMillan, Amber Leeson, Lin Gilbert, Alan Muir, Peter Kuipers Munneke, Brice Noël, Xavier Fettweis, Michiel van den Broeke, Kate Briggs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26229-4