Removing short term surface height variability from ICESat thickness change data over the Greenland ice sheet using Polar MM5
Abstract
Glacier and ice sheet thickness responds to climate variations on a time scales ranging from daily (snowfall and melt episodes) to decadal/centennial/millennial (long term climate changes). The Polar MM5 atmospheric model is capable of simulating surface mass balance variability associated with short term climate variations. In this study, we explore removing short term climate variations from ICESat height change results over the Greenland ice sheet to get a better idea of residual ice sheet thickness changes associated with ice flow dynamics.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2005
- Bibcode:
- 2005AGUFM.C51B0277Y
- Keywords:
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- 0726 Ice sheets;
- 0740 Snowmelt;
- 0758 Remote sensing;
- 1218 Mass balance (0762;
- 1223;
- 1631;
- 1836;
- 1843;
- 3010;
- 3322;
- 4532);
- 4540 Ice mechanics and air/sea/ice exchange processes (0700;
- 0750;
- 0752;
- 0754)