NSIDC-0223
Elevation Change of the Southern Greenland Ice Sheet from 1978-88
Curt Davis, Craig Kluever, Bruce Haines
Elevation Change of the Southern Greenland Ice Sheet from 1978-88
2001-01-01
Boulder, Colorado USA
NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Investigator
Curt
H.
Davis
DavisCH@missouri.edu
1 573 884-3789
1 573 882-0397
University of Missouri at Columbia
Department of Electrical Engineering
323 EBW
Columbia
MO
65211
USA
Investigator
Craig
A.
Kluever
KlueverC@missouri.edu
1 573 882-6764
University of Missouri at Columbia
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
E3414engr Bldg East
Columbia
MO
65211
USA
Investigator
Bruce
Haines
bruce.j.haines@jpl.nasa.gov
1 818 354-0686
1 818 393-4965
California Institute of Technology
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
MS 238-600
Pasadena
CA
91109-8099
USA
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
EARTH SCIENCE
Cryosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Ice Sheets
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation
EARTH SCIENCE
Terrestrial Hydrosphere
Glaciers/Ice Sheets
Ice Sheets
Greenland
Ice Sheet Elevation
NASA
NSIDC
NSIDC DAAC
PARCA
RADAR ALTIMETERS
GEOSAT
Geodetic Satellite
SEASAT
Ocean Dynamics Satellite
1978-01-01
1988-12-31
complete
61
72
-52
-30
CONTINENT
NORTH AMERICA
GREENLAND
PARCA
Program in Arctic Regional Climate Assessment
Refer to Davis et al. 2000 for details of orbit error analysis with SEASAT and GEOSAT. Comparison with laser dH/dt results and other in-situ data indicates that a typical error value for elevation change estimates in a 50 km cell is approximately +/- 2 cm/yr (Davis et al. 2001).
English
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Data Center Contact
NSIDC
User Services
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National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
NSIDC
National Snow and Ice Data Center
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Data Center Contact
NSIDC
User Services
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1 303 492-2468
National Snow and Ice Data Center
CIRES, 449 UCB
University of Colorado
Boulder
CO
80309-0449
USA
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Davis, C.H., J.R. McConnell, J. Bolzan, J.L. Bamber, R.H. Thomas, and E. Mosley-Thompson. 2001. Elevation change of the southern Greenland ice sheet from 1978 to 1998: interpretation. Journal of Geophysical Research 106(D24): 33743-33754.
Davis, C.H., C.A. Kluever, B.J. Haines, C. Perez, and Y. Yoon. 2000. Improved elevation change measurement of the southern Greenland ice sheet from satellite radar altimetry. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 38(3): 1367-1378.
Davis, C.H, C.A. Kluever, and B.J. Haines. 1998a. Elevation change of the southern Greenland ice sheet. Science 279: 2086-2088.
Davis, C.H., C.A. Kluever, and B.J. Haines. 1998b. Comment: Growth of the southern Greenland ice sheet. Science 281: 1251.
Krabill, W., W. Abdalati, E. Frederick, S. Manizade, C. Martin, J. Sonntag, R. Swift, R. Thomas, W. Wright, and J. Yungel. 2000. Greenland ice sheet: high-elevation balance and peripheral thinning. Science 289: 428-430.
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McConnell, J.R., R.J. Arthern, E. Mosley-Thompson, C.H. Davis, R.C. Bales, R. Thomas, J.F. Burkhart, and J.D. Kyne. 2000. Changes in Greenland ice sheet elevation attributed primarily to snow accumulation variability. Nature 406(6798): 877-879.
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Thomas, R.H., C.H. Davis, E. Frederick, S. Manizade, W. Krabill, J. McConnell, and J. Sonntag. 1999. Greenland ice-sheet elevation change since 1978 from radar and laser altimetry. Polar Geography 23(3): 169-184.
Zwally, H.J. 1989. Growth of Greenland ice sheet: interpretation. Science 246: 1589-1591.
Zwally, H.J., A.C. Brenner, J.P. DiMarzio. 1998. Comment: Growth of the southern Greenland ice sheet. Science 281: 1251.
Zwally, H.J., A.C. Brenner, J.A. Major, R.A. Bindschadler, and J.G. Marsh. 1989. Growth of Greenland ice sheet: measurement. Science 246: 1587-1589.
Southern Greenland ice sheet elevation change estimates are derived from SEASAT and GEOSAT radar altimetry data from 1978 to 1988. Data are confined to 61-72 deg N, 30-50 deg W, above 1700 m elevation. The addition of GEOSAT Geodetic Mission (GM) data results in twice as many crossover points and 50% greater coverage than previous studies. Coverage above 2000 m elevation is improved to 90%, and about 75% of the area between 1700 m and 2000 m is now covered. Data are in ASCII text format, available via FTP, and consist of elevation change rate (dH/dt, cm/year) and corresponding error estimates in 50 km grid cells.
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