期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 41, 期 3, 页码 866-872出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL059010
关键词
Greenland Ice Sheet; mass budget; discharge; surface mass balance; glacier change; mass change
资金
- NASA Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship [NNX10AN76H]
- NASA [NNX11AR47G, NNX10AN61G]
- NASA [127993, NNX10AN61G, 127359, NNX11AR47G, 137244, NNX10AN76H] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
Extensive ice thickness surveys by NASA's Operation IceBridge enable over a decade of ice discharge measurements at high precision for the majority of Greenland's marine-terminating outlet glaciers, prompting a reassessment of the temporal and spatial distribution of glacier change. Annual measurements for 178 outlet glaciers reveal that, despite widespread acceleration, only 15 glaciers accounted for 77% of the 73929 Gt of ice lost due to acceleration since 2000 and four accounted for similar to 50%. Among the top sources of loss are several glaciers that have received little scientific attention. The relative contribution of ice discharge to total loss decreased from 58% before 2005 to 32% between 2009 and 2012. As such, 84% of the increase in mass loss after 2009 was due to increased surface runoff. These observations support recent model projections that surface mass balance, rather than ice dynamics, will dominate the ice sheet's contribution to 21st century sea level rise. Key Points Dynamic mass loss is mostly controlled by <10% of fast-flowing outlet glaciers Dynamic acceleration and thinning cause brief, asynchronous discharge increases Changes in surface mass balance not discharge will drive future sea level rise
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