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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024

Partitioning the drivers of Antarctic glacier mass balance (2003-2020) using satellite observations and a regional climate model.

Byeong-Hoon Kim, Ki-Weon Seo, Choon-Ki Lee, Jae-Seung Kim, Won Sang Lee, Emilia Kyung Jin, Michiel van den Broeke

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Byeong-Hoon KimDivision of Glacier & Earth Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8128-6618
Ki-Weon SeoDepartment of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Choon-Ki LeeDivision of Glacier & Earth Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea.
Jae-Seung KimDepartment of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
Won Sang LeeDivision of Glacier & Earth Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-1074-7672
Emilia Kyung JinDivision of Glacier & Earth Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea.
Michiel van den BroekeInstitute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3854 CS, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4662-7565

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Korea Institute of Marine Science and Technology promotion (KIMST) RS-2023-00256677
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We investigate the mass changes of Antarctic glaciers from 2003 to 2020, partitioning them into the contributions of surface mass balance (SMB) and ice discharge, using high-resolution ice mass change estimates derived from the combination of two different types of satellite observations (gravimetry and altimetry) and outputs from a regional climate model. Our analysis indicates that changes in ice discharge have played a dominant role in ongoing ice mass trends and their accelerations, especially in glaciers near the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas in West Antarctica. In particular, mass losses of the Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers have been mostly (>90%) controlled by ice discharge, while the contribution of SMB has been relatively minor. In East Antarctica, SMB accounts for significant portions (>50%) of ice mass imbalances of glaciers in e.g., Dronning Maud Land and Wilkes Land. Ice discharge has also played a notable role in overall mass gain in the region. While our ice discharge estimates agree well with previous estimates from satellite imagery in West Antarctica, notable differences are found in glaciers of East Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula. This highlights the need for more observations and improved numerical models to refine these estimates.

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