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Spatial and temporal distribution of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet since AD 1900

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  • Kristian K. Kjeldsen

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen
    University of Ottawa)

  • Niels J. Korsgaard

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen)

  • Anders A. Bjørk

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen)

  • Shfaqat A. Khan

    (DTU Space—National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark)

  • Jason E. Box

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)

  • Svend Funder

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen)

  • Nicolaj K. Larsen

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen
    Aarhus University)

  • Jonathan L. Bamber

    (Bristol Glaciology Centre, University of Bristol)

  • William Colgan

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
    York University)

  • Michiel van den Broeke

    (Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University)

  • Marie-Louise Siggaard-Andersen

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen)

  • Christopher Nuth

    (University of Oslo)

  • Anders Schomacker

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen)

  • Camilla S. Andresen

    (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland)

  • Eske Willerslev

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen)

  • Kurt H. Kjær

    (Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen)

Abstract

Aerial imagery from the 1980s is used to calculate ice mass loss around the entire Greenland Ice Sheet from 1900 to the present; during the twentieth century the Greenland Ice Sheet contributed at least 25.0 ± 9.4 millimetres of global-mean sea level rise.

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  • Kristian K. Kjeldsen & Niels J. Korsgaard & Anders A. Bjørk & Shfaqat A. Khan & Jason E. Box & Svend Funder & Nicolaj K. Larsen & Jonathan L. Bamber & William Colgan & Michiel van den Broeke & Marie-L, 2015. "Spatial and temporal distribution of mass loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet since AD 1900," Nature, Nature, vol. 528(7582), pages 396-400, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:528:y:2015:i:7582:d:10.1038_nature16183
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16183
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