Rignot, Eric; Kanagaratnam, Pannir (2006): (Table 1) Mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.786385, Supplement to: Rignot, E; Kanagaratnam, P (2006): Changes in the velocity structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Science, 311(5763), 956-990, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1121381
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Abstract:
Using satellite radar interferometry observations of Greenland, we detected widespread glacier acceleration below 66° north between 1996 and 2000, which rapidly expanded to 70° north in 2005. Accelerated ice discharge in the west and particularly in the east doubled the ice sheet mass deficit in the last decade from 90 to 220 cubic kilometers per year. As more glaciers accelerate farther north, the contribution of Greenland to sea-level rise will continue to increase.
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 74.250000 * Median Longitude: -43.089286 * South-bound Latitude: 65.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -65.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 81.000000 * East-bound Longitude: 62.500000
Minimum ORDINAL NUMBER: 1 * Maximum ORDINAL NUMBER: 28
Comment:
Position of glaciers estimated. Missing values of MB1996 and MB2005 columns are replaced by MB2000 column in totals.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glacier | Glacier | Rignot, Eric | |||
| 2 | Identification | ID | Rignot, Eric | |||
| 3 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 5 | ORDINAL NUMBER | Ord No | Geocode | |||
| 6 | Area | Area | km2 | Rignot, Eric | of drainage basin | |
| 7 | Ice, flux | Ice flux | km3/a | Rignot, Eric | upstream of ice front in 1996 (2000 if MB1996 column is blank) | |
| 8 | Glacier discharge | Glac dis | km3/a | Rignot, Eric | = Ice flux - surface mass balance between gate and ice front | |
| 9 | Surface mass balance | SMB | km3/a | Rignot, Eric | over entire drainage | |
| 10 | Mass balance | MB | km3/a | Rignot, Eric | 1996, MB = surface mass balance - discharge | |
| 11 | Mass balance | MB | km3/a | Rignot, Eric | 2000, MB = surface mass balance - discharge | |
| 12 | Mass balance | MB | km3/a | Rignot, Eric | 2005, MB = surface mass balance - discharge |
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