Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992-2018

This dataset consists of the time series of mass change of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its contribution to global sea level between 1980 and 2018 derived from satellite measurements. The dataset presented here is a reconciled estimate of mass balance estimates from three independent satellite-based techniques - gravimetry, altimetry and input-output method - and its associated uncertainty. This dataset is part of the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE). The total mass change as well as the partition between surface and dynamics mass balance are provided in this dataset.





This work is an outcome of the Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-Comparison Exercise (IMBIE) supported by the ESA Climate Change Initiative and the NASA Cryosphere Program. Andrew Shepherd was additionally supported by a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award and the UK Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling (cpom30001).





***** PLEASE BE ADVISED TO USE UPDATED DATA *****





The expanded data set (see 'Related Data Set Metadata' link below) has an additional 24 months of measurements, and also includes data for Antarctica.

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2020-02-03
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2020-02-03
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Please cite this item as: Pattle, M., Moyano, G., Slater, T., Shepherd, A., Ivins, E., Rignot, E., Smith, B., van den Broeke, M., Velicogna, I., Whitehouse, P., Briggs, K., Joughin, I., Krinner, G., Nowicki, S., Payne, A., Scambos, T., Schlegel, N., Geruo, A., Agosta, C., ... Wuite, J. (2020). Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992-2018 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/8d5ff221-a470-4cc1-b7c4-cbdf383554fc

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Pattle, Mark

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Moyano, Gorka

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University of Leeds

 		Slater, Thomas Author

University of Leeds

 		Shepherd, Andrew Author

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 		Ivins, Erik Author

University of California

 		Rignot, Eric Author

University of Washington

Smith, Ben

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Utrecht University

 		van den Broeke, Michiel Author

University of California

 		Velicogna, Isabella Author

Durham University

 		Whitehouse, Pippa Author

University of Leeds

 		Briggs, Kate Author

University of Washington

 		Joughin, Ian Author

Université Grenoble Alpes

 		Krinner, Gerhard Author

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

 		Nowicki, Sophie Author

University of Bristol

 		Payne, Antony Author

University of Colorado

 		Scambos, Ted Author

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 		Schlegel, Nicole Author

University of California

Geruo, A

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University of Liège

 		Agosta, Cécile Author

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

 		Ahlstrøm, Andreas Author

State University of New York at Buffalo

Babonis, Greg

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Technical University of Denmark

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Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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University of Leeds

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Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

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Deutscher Wetterdienst

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Technical University of Denmark

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University of California

Scheuchl, Bernd

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Technical University of Denmark

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 		Spada, Giorgio Author

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

 		Talpe, Matthieu Author

Memorial University of Newfoundland

 		Tarasov, Lev Author

Utrecht University

 		van de Berg, Willem Jan Author

Delft University of Technology

 		van der Wal, Wouter Author

Utrecht University

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University of Stuttgart

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Wilton, David

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Wagner, Thomas

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  • Greenland

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Begin date
1980-01-01
End date
2018-12-31
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Methodology:

The data used to produce this reconciled mass balance estimate were gathered in the framework of the IMBIE project. In total, 26 independent satellite estimates of mass change were used to produce this final dataset. All the individual datasets and models used as well as the methodology to aggregate these into a final estimate are described in Shepherd et al (2019).





Shepherd, A., Ivins, E., Rignot, E. et al. Mass balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet from 1992 to 2018. Nature (2019) doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1855-2

Data collection:

Each dataset contributed to the IMBIE project was processed independently by their contributors and the methods and errors on their dataset have been documented in an international peer-reviewed journal. A dedicated processor was developed in Python to compute the reconciled mass balance estimate and its uncertainty, and the core code is freely available at https://github.com/IMBIE.

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The surface mass balance component is provided since 1980 and is derived from regional climate models. The total mass change and the dynamics component start in 1992, when satellites began to acquire data.

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Greenland ice sheet remote sensing sea level
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Elevation Hydrography Oceanographic geographical features
Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords

EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance EARTH SCIENCE > Hydrosphere > Glaciers/Ice Sheets > Ice Sheets EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Coastal Processes > Sea Level Rise


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