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    Peng Zhenran, Hu Zhengwang, Wang Linsong, Chen Chao, Fu Zhengyan, 2021. Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Ice Sheet Melting in Greenland and Contributions to Sea Level Rise from 2003 to 2015. Earth Science, 46(2): 743-758. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2020.042
    Citation: Peng Zhenran, Hu Zhengwang, Wang Linsong, Chen Chao, Fu Zhengyan, 2021. Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Ice Sheet Melting in Greenland and Contributions to Sea Level Rise from 2003 to 2015. Earth Science, 46(2): 743-758. doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2020.042
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    Spatio-Temporal Characteristics of Ice Sheet Melting in Greenland and Contributions to Sea Level Rise from 2003 to 2015

    doi: 10.3799/dqkx.2020.042
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      Hubei Subsurface Multi-Scale Imaging Key Laboratory, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

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      Institute of Geophysics & Geomatics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China

    • Received Date: 2019-11-27
    • Publish Date: 2021-02-15
      Abstract
    • Studing the abnormal mass change rate of Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) can help us understand the drivers of sea level change due to the abnormal climate events. Therefore, in this paper it focuses on the anomalous rate of GrIS mass change in 2010-2012 and its contributions to SLF and relative sea level (RSL) changes. By combining the 2003-2015 GRACE monthly gravity field data and surface mass balance (SMB) data, the spatio-temporal distributions of the mass change of the six extended sub-basins are estimated based on the mascon fitting and the grid scale factors. Afterwards, it obtains the spatial distribution of the SLF based on the sea level equation (SLE) and considering the self-attraction and loading effect. The results indicate that during 2003-2015, the total mass change rates of GrIS were -288±7 Gt/a and -275±1 Gt/a as derived from scaled GRACE and SMB results respectively; and the trend increased to -456±30 Gt/a and -464±38 Gt/a correspondingly during 2010-2012, when the northwest coast and the southeast coast showed a large number of melting. And the contributions of GrIS to sea level showed an inverted "V" type (i.e., first rise and then fall), while the global mean sea level change showed a distinct positive "V" type (i.e., first drop and then rise). Between 2003 and 2015, GrIS contributed approximately 31% of total terrestrial water reserves (converted to sea level rise), and a global average RSL increased by 0.07 cm/a, while the contribution to the RSL of Scandinavia and the Nordic region was -0.6 cm/a. In addition, the far-field RSL rising rate due to the melting of GrIS is nearly 30% higher than the global average. Meanwhile, in this paper it proves that the far-filed peak increase is less dependent on the accurate pattern of the self-attraction and loading.

       

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