A new programme for monitoring the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet

Andreas P. Ahlstrøm; Peter Gravesen; Signe Bech Andersen; Dirk van As; Michele Citterio; Robert S. Fausto; Søren Nielsen; Hans F. Jepsen; Steen Savstrup Kristensen; Erik Lintz Christensen; Lars Stenseng; René Forsberg; Susanne Hanson; Dorthe Petersen

A new programme for monitoring the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet

Andreas P. Ahlstrøm
, Peter Gravesen
, Signe Bech Andersen
, Dirk van As
, Michele Citterio
, Robert S. Fausto
, Søren Nielsen
, Hans F. Jepsen
, Steen Savstrup Kristensen
, Erik Lintz Christensen
, Lars Stenseng
, René Forsberg
, Susanne Hanson
, Dorthe Petersen

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The Greenland ice sheet has been losing mass at a dramatic rate in recent years, raising political concern worldwide due to the possible impact on global sea level rise and climate dynamics (Luthcke et al. 2006; Rignot & Kanagaratnam 2006; Velicogna & Wahr 2006; IPCC 2007; Shepherd & Wingham 2007). The Arctic region as a whole is warming up much more rapidly than the globe at large (ACIA 2005) and it is desirable to quantify these changes in order to provide the decision-makers with a firm knowledge base. To cover this need, the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy has now launched a new Programme for Monitoring of the Green land Ice Sheet (PROMICE), designed and operated by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) in collaboration with the National Space Institute at the Technical University of Denmark and Asiaq (Greenland Survey). The aim of the programme is to quantify the annual mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet, track changes in the extent of local glaciers and ice caps, and track changes in the position of the ice-sheet margin.

Original language	English
Journal	Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin
Volume	15
Pages (from-to)	61-64
ISSN	1604-8156
Publication status	Published - 2008

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Ahlstrøm, A. P., Gravesen, P., Bech Andersen, S., van As, D., Citterio, M., Fausto, R. S., Nielsen, S., Jepsen, H. F., Kristensen, S. S., Christensen, E. L., Stenseng, L., Forsberg, R., Hanson, S., & Petersen, D. (2008). A new programme for monitoring the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin, 15, 61-64. http://www.geus.dk/publications/bull/nr15/nr15_p61-64.pdf

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A new programme for monitoring the mass loss of the Greenland ice sheet

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