GRACE gravity analysis exploring climatic influences on mass changes in the Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctic ice-mass balance is key to project sea-level changes, to assess future shifts in the global water cycle and ocean circulation, and to predict the fate of the White Continent. The ice mass of the Antarctic Peninsula is sensitive to the atmospheric and ocean circulation. The geographical con...

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Main Authors: A. Romero, A. Richter, A. Juarez, F. Suad Corbetta, E. Marderwald, P. Granovsky, T. Döhne, M. Horwath
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Published: Copernicus Publications 2024-12-01
Series:The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Online Access:https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-2-W6-2024/51/2024/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W6-2024-51-2024.pdf
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description Antarctic ice-mass balance is key to project sea-level changes, to assess future shifts in the global water cycle and ocean circulation, and to predict the fate of the White Continent. The ice mass of the Antarctic Peninsula is sensitive to the atmospheric and ocean circulation. The geographical conditions pose a challenge for modelling surface mass balance in this area. We use GRACE and GRACE Follow-On satellite gravimetry to derive a mass variation time series for the Antarctic peninsula region 2002–2024. We investigate whether these mass variations correlate with a surface mass balance model or with global climate indexes. Our analysis indicates a mass loss over two decades, mainly due to a period of enhanced mass-loss rate between 2007 and 2015. Our results suggest that interannual mass variations are primarily controlled by the surface mass balance which is influenced by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon.
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spelling doaj-art-9a4c3f04fd9a477eaf3f3a31d307fd842025-08-20T02:49:09ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences1682-17502194-90342024-12-01XLVIII-2-W6-2024515810.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W6-2024-51-2024GRACE gravity analysis exploring climatic influences on mass changes in the Antarctic PeninsulaA. Romero0A. Romero1A. Richter2A. Richter3A. Juarez4A. Juarez5F. Suad Corbetta6F. Suad Corbetta7E. Marderwald8E. Marderwald9P. Granovsky10T. Döhne11M. Horwath12Laboratorio MAGGIA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, ArgentinaConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CABA, ArgentinaLaboratorio MAGGIA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, ArgentinaConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CABA, ArgentinaLaboratorio MAGGIA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, ArgentinaConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CABA, ArgentinaLaboratorio MAGGIA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, ArgentinaConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, CABA, ArgentinaLaboratorio MAGGIA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, ArgentinaEstación Astronómica Río Grande, Río Grande, ArgentinaFacultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, ArgentinaInstitut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, GermanyInstitut für Planetare Geodäsie, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, GermanyAntarctic ice-mass balance is key to project sea-level changes, to assess future shifts in the global water cycle and ocean circulation, and to predict the fate of the White Continent. The ice mass of the Antarctic Peninsula is sensitive to the atmospheric and ocean circulation. The geographical conditions pose a challenge for modelling surface mass balance in this area. We use GRACE and GRACE Follow-On satellite gravimetry to derive a mass variation time series for the Antarctic peninsula region 2002–2024. We investigate whether these mass variations correlate with a surface mass balance model or with global climate indexes. Our analysis indicates a mass loss over two decades, mainly due to a period of enhanced mass-loss rate between 2007 and 2015. Our results suggest that interannual mass variations are primarily controlled by the surface mass balance which is influenced by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon.https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-2-W6-2024/51/2024/isprs-archives-XLVIII-2-W6-2024-51-2024.pdf
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P. Granovsky
T. Döhne
M. Horwath
GRACE gravity analysis exploring climatic influences on mass changes in the Antarctic Peninsula
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
title GRACE gravity analysis exploring climatic influences on mass changes in the Antarctic Peninsula
title_full GRACE gravity analysis exploring climatic influences on mass changes in the Antarctic Peninsula
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title_short GRACE gravity analysis exploring climatic influences on mass changes in the Antarctic Peninsula
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