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Research article
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10 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 10 Jan 2018
| 10 Jan 2018
Using satellite laser ranging to measure ice mass change in Greenland and Antarctica
College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33701, USA
Don P. Chambers
College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33701, USA
Minkang Cheng
Center for Space Research, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78759, USA
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- Long-term ice mass changes in Greenland and Antarctica derived from satellite laser ranging F. Gałdyn et al. 10.1016/j.rse.2024.113994
- Rapid Sea Level Rise in the Tropical Southwest Indian Ocean in the Recent Two Decades L. Huang et al. 10.1029/2023GL106011
- A hybrid approach for recovering high-resolution temporal gravity fields from satellite laser ranging A. Löcher & J. Kusche 10.1007/s00190-020-01460-x
- Attitude determination of Galileo satellites using high-resolution kHz SLR M. Steindorfer et al. 10.1007/s00190-019-01284-4
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- Improving the Spatial Resolution of GRACE-Derived Ice Sheet Mass Change in Antarctica Z. Shi et al. 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3511944
- Reconstructing GRACE-like time series of high mountain glacier mass anomalies B. Liu et al. 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113177
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- Using GRACE to Explain Variations in the Earth's Oblateness Y. Sun et al. 10.1029/2018GL080607
- A picosecond laser at 1 kHz with dual-length of regenerative amplifier for the SLR in the daytime M. Long et al. 10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.06.143
- Long-term ice mass changes in Greenland and Antarctica derived from satellite laser ranging F. Gałdyn et al. 10.1016/j.rse.2024.113994
- Rapid Sea Level Rise in the Tropical Southwest Indian Ocean in the Recent Two Decades L. Huang et al. 10.1029/2023GL106011
- A hybrid approach for recovering high-resolution temporal gravity fields from satellite laser ranging A. Löcher & J. Kusche 10.1007/s00190-020-01460-x
- Attitude determination of Galileo satellites using high-resolution kHz SLR M. Steindorfer et al. 10.1007/s00190-019-01284-4
- A 40-year record of the Earth’s time-variable gravity field from SLR and DORIS A. Löcher et al. 10.1016/j.asr.2025.05.089
- A comparison of GRACE temporal gravity field models recovered with different processing details B. Yu et al. 10.1093/gji/ggab279
- Rapid Mass Loss in West Antarctica Revealed by Swarm Gravimetry in the Absence of GRACE C. Zhang et al. 10.1029/2021GL095141
- Barystatic sea level change observed by satellite gravimetry: 1993–2022 Y. Nie et al. 10.1073/pnas.2425248122
- SLR, GRACE and Swarm Gravity Field Determination and Combination U. Meyer et al. 10.3390/rs11080956
- A baseline Antarctic GIA correction for space gravimetry L. Caron & E. Ivins 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115957
- Improved Earth Oblateness Rate Reveals Increased Ice Sheet Losses and Mass‐Driven Sea Level Rise B. Loomis et al. 10.1029/2019GL082929
- Increased Low Degree Spherical Harmonic Influences on Polar Ice Sheet Mass Change Derived from GRACE Mission X. Su et al. 10.3390/rs12244178
- GIA Model Statistics for GRACE Hydrology, Cryosphere, and Ocean Science L. Caron et al. 10.1002/2017GL076644
- Impact of the combination and replacement of SLR-based low-degree gravity field coefficients in GRACE solutions F. Gałdyn & K. Sośnica 10.1186/s40645-024-00608-z
- An aperture of 21 cm telescope with polarized coaxial for satellite laser ranging M. Long et al. 10.3389/fphy.2022.1099101
- Improving the Spatial Resolution of GRACE-Derived Ice Sheet Mass Change in Antarctica Z. Shi et al. 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3511944
- Reconstructing GRACE-like time series of high mountain glacier mass anomalies B. Liu et al. 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113177
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Short summary
Before GRACE in 2002, few large-scale measurements of mass change over Greenland and Antarctica existed. We use a least squares inversion of satellite laser ranging (SLR) data to expand the polar mass change time series back to 1994. We explain the technique and analyze its errors, then apply it to SLR and GRACE data. We can estimate the summed mass change over Greenland and Antarctica with low uncertainty. SLR's noise causes interannual errors, but the 20-year estimate is reliable.
Before GRACE in 2002, few large-scale measurements of mass change over Greenland and Antarctica...
