Recent ice-sheet growth in the interior of Greenland

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作者
Johannessen, OM [1 ]
Khvorostovsky, K
Miles, MW
Bobylev, LP
机构
[1] Nansen Environm & Remote Sensing Ctr, Mohn Sverdrup Ctr Global Ocean Studies & Operat O, N-5006 Bergen, Norway
[2] Univ Bergen, Inst Geophys, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
[3] Nansen Int Environm & Remote Sensing Ctr, St Petersburg 197101, Russia
[4] Bjerknes Ctr Climate Res, N-5007 Bergen, Norway
[5] Environm Syst Anal Res Ctr, Boulder, CO 80303 USA
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英国自然环境研究理事会;
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10.1126/science.1115356
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A continuous data set of Greenland Ice Sheet altimeter height from European Remote Sensing satellites (ERS-1 and ERS-2), 1992 to 2003, has been analyzed. An increase of 6.4 +/- 0.2 centimeters per year (cm/year) is found in the vast interior areas above 1500 meters, in contrast to previous reports of high-elevation balance. Below 1500 meters, the elevation-change rate is -2.0 +/- 0.9 cm/year, in qualitative agreement with reported thinning in the ice-sheet margins. Averaged over the study area, the increase is 5.4 +/- 0.2 cm/year, or similar to 60 cm over 11 years, or similar to 54 cm when corrected for isostatic uplift. Winter elevation changes are shown to be linked to the North Atlantic Oscillation.
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页码:1013 / 1016
页数:4
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