Recommendations for the collection and synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data
| dc.contributor.author | The ISMASS Committee | |
| dc.contributor.author | Abdalati, W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Allison, I. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carsey, F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Casassa, G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fily, M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shuman, Christopher | |
| dc.contributor.author | et al | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-21T15:43:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-21T15:43:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-07-16 | |
| dc.description | W. Abdalati, I. Allison, F. Carsey, G. Casassa, M. Fily, M. Frezzotti, H.A. Fricker, C. Genthon, I. Goodwin, Z. Guo, G.S. Hamilton, R.C.A. Hindmarsh, C.L. Hulbe, T.H. Jacka, K.C. Jezek, R. Kwok, J. Li, U. Nixdorf, G. Paltridge, E. Rignot, C. Ritz, K. Satow, T.A. Scambos, C. Shuman, P. Skvarca, S. Takahashi, R.S.W. van de Wal, D.G. Vaughan, W.L. Wang, R.C. Warner, D.J. Wingham, N.W. Young, H.J. Zwally. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Recent unexpected changes in the Antarctic Ice Sheet, including ice sheet thinning, ice shelf collapse and changes in ice velocities, along with the recent realization that as much as one third of ice shelf mass loss is due to bottom melt, place a new urgency on understanding the processes involved in these changes. Technological advances, including very new or forthcoming satellite-based (e.g. ICESat, CryoSat) remote sensing missions, will improve our ability to make meaningful determinations of changes in Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance. This paper is the result of a workshop held to develop a strategy for international collaboration aimed at the collection and synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data, and at understanding the processes involved so that we might predict future change. Nine sets of recommendations are made, concerning the most important and sensitive measurements, temporal ranges and study areas. A final tenth recommendation calls for increased synthesis of ice sheet data and communication between the field measurement, satellite observation and modelling communities. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Tom James, Ian Joughin and Richard Alley are thanked for thorough reviews, which have led to several important improvements to this paper. The ISMASS workshop was sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Additional support was provided by ICESat Project Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www-sciencedirect-com.proxy-bc.researchport.umd.edu/science/article/pii/S0921818104000311 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 15 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m2u6ee-lcjf | |
| dc.identifier.citation | The IMASS Committee. Recommendations for the collection and synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data. Global and Planetary Change 42 (July 2004) issues 1-4, p 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2003.11.008 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2003.11.008 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/24300 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology | |
| dc.rights | This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | * |
| dc.title | Recommendations for the collection and synthesis of Antarctic Ice Sheet mass balance data | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9606-767X | en_US |