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Colgan et al. 2019

Colgan, W., K.D. Mankoff, K.K. Kjeldsen, A.A. Bjørk, J.E. Box, S.B. Simonsen, L.S. Sørensen, S.A. Khan, A.M. Solgaard, R. Forsberg, H. Skourup, L. Stenseng, S.S. Kristensen, S.M. Hvidegaard, M. Citterio, N. Karlsson, X. Fettweis, A.P. Ahlstrøm, S.B. Andersen, D. van As, and R.S. Fausto, 2019: Greenland ice sheet mass balance assessed by PROMICE (1995-2015). Geol. Surv. Denm. Greenl. Bull., 43, e2019430201, doi:10.34194/GEUSB-201943-02-01.

The Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE) has measured ice-sheet elevation and thickness via repeat airborne surveys circumscribing the ice sheet at an average elevation of 1708±5 m. We refer to this 5415 km survey as the 'PROMICE perimeter'. Here, we assess ice-sheet mass balance following the input-output approach of Andersen< et al. (2015). We estimate ice-sheet output, or the ice discharge across the ice-sheet grounding line, by applying downstream corrections to the ice flux across the PROMICE perimeter. We subtract this ice discharge from ice-sheet input, or the area-integrated, ice sheet surface mass balance, estimated by a regional climate model. While Andersen et al. assessed ice-sheet mass balance in 2007 and 2011, this updated input-output assessment now estimates the annual sea-level rise contribution from eighteen sub-sectors of the Greenland ice sheet over the 1995-2015 period.

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@article{co00410k,
  author={Colgan, W. and Mankoff, K. D. and Kjeldsen, K. K. and Bjørk, A. A. and Box, J. E. and Simonsen, S. B. and Sørensen, L. S. and Khan, S. A. and Solgaard, A. M. and Forsberg, R. and Skourup, H. and Stenseng, L. and Kristensen, S. S. and Hvidegaard, S. M. and Citterio, M. and Karlsson, N. and Fettweis, X. and Ahlstrøm, A. P. and Andersen, S. B. and van As, D. and Fausto, R. S.},
  title={Greenland ice sheet mass balance assessed by PROMICE (1995-2015)},
  year={2019},
  journal={Geol. Surv. Denm. Greenl. Bull.},
  volume={43},
  pages={e2019430201},
  doi={10.34194/GEUSB-201943-02-01},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - co00410k
AU  - Colgan, W.
AU  - Mankoff, K. D.
AU  - Kjeldsen, K. K.
AU  - Bjørk, A. A.
AU  - Box, J. E.
AU  - Simonsen, S. B.
AU  - Sørensen, L. S.
AU  - Khan, S. A.
AU  - Solgaard, A. M.
AU  - Forsberg, R.
AU  - Skourup, H.
AU  - Stenseng, L.
AU  - Kristensen, S. S.
AU  - Hvidegaard, S. M.
AU  - Citterio, M.
AU  - Karlsson, N.
AU  - Fettweis, X.
AU  - Ahlstrøm, A. P.
AU  - Andersen, S. B.
AU  - van As, D.
AU  - Fausto, R. S.
PY  - 2019
TI  - Greenland ice sheet mass balance assessed by PROMICE (1995-2015)
JA  - Geol. Surv. Denm. Greenl. Bull.
VL  - 43
SP  - e2019430201
DO  - 10.34194/GEUSB-201943-02-01
ER  -

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