TY - CHAP
T1 - Mass Balance
AU - van den Broeke, Michiel
AU - Giesen, Rianne
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This chapter reviews key approaches used to determine the mass balance of valley glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets and monitor their mass changes over time. The methods discussed include in situ, satellite/airborne and gravimetric observations, and modelling driven by outputs from climate models. The chapter describes their specific application to valley glaciers and ice caps, the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Greenland Ice Sheet, and the corresponding spatial and temporal mass-balance variations found over the past few decades.
AB - This chapter reviews key approaches used to determine the mass balance of valley glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets and monitor their mass changes over time. The methods discussed include in situ, satellite/airborne and gravimetric observations, and modelling driven by outputs from climate models. The chapter describes their specific application to valley glaciers and ice caps, the Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Greenland Ice Sheet, and the corresponding spatial and temporal mass-balance variations found over the past few decades.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-42584-5_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-42584-5_7
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-3-030-42582-1
T3 - Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment
SP - 161
EP - 184
BT - Glaciers and ice sheets in the climate system
PB - Springer
ER -
