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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- Alternate title
- Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01298
- Date (Publication)
- 2021-03-16
- Identifier
- http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01298
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown Unknown
- Keywords
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- NDGO0001
- NERC OAI Harvesting
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- NERC_DDC
- GCMD Parameter Valids
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- 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
- BAS Free-text keywords
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- Greenland
- ice sheet
- remote sensing
- sea level
- Use limitation
- This data is supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
- Access constraints
- otherRestrictions Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- This data is supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Environment
- Geoscientific information
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- Begin date
- 1980-01-01
- End date
- 2018-12-31
- Reference system identifier
- OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
- Distribution format
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- OnLine resource
- http://imbie.org/
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE / Conformity_001
Conformance result
- Date
- Explanation
- See the referenced specification
- Pass
- No
- Statement
- 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.
- File identifier
- GB_NERC_BAS_PDC_01298 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Hierarchy level
- dataset Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2021-03-16
- Metadata standard name
- NERC profile of ISO19115:2003
- Metadata standard version
- 1.0
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