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SCIENCE
Volume 313, Issue 5795, Pages 1958-1960Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1129007
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Using time-variable gravity measurements from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment ( GRACE) satellite mission, we estimate ice mass changes over Greenland during the period April 2002 to November 2005. After correcting for the effects of spatial filtering and limited resolution of GRACE data, the estimated total ice melting rate over Greenland is - 239 +/- 23 cubic kilometers per year, mostly from East Greenland. This estimate agrees remarkably well with a recent assessment of - 224 +/- 41 cubic kilometers per year, based on satellite radar interferometry data. GRACE estimates in southeast Greenland suggest accelerated melting since the summer of 2004, consistent with the latest remote sensing measurements.
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