Articles | Volume 13, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-427-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-427-2019
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05 Feb 2019
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Four decades of Antarctic surface elevation changes from multi-mission satellite altimetry

Ludwig Schröder, Martin Horwath, Reinhard Dietrich, Veit Helm, Michiel R. van den Broeke, and Stefan R. M. Ligtenberg

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AR by Ludwig Schröder on behalf of the Authors (05 Oct 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (09 Oct 2018) by Etienne Berthier
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (06 Nov 2018)
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (26 Nov 2018)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (28 Nov 2018) by Etienne Berthier
AR by Ludwig Schröder on behalf of the Authors (18 Dec 2018)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (19 Dec 2018) by Etienne Berthier
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (03 Jan 2019)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (03 Jan 2019) by Etienne Berthier
AR by Ludwig Schröder on behalf of the Authors (13 Jan 2019)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Jan 2019) by Etienne Berthier
AR by Ludwig Schröder on behalf of the Authors (19 Jan 2019)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
We developed an approach to combine measurements of seven satellite altimetry missions over the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Our resulting monthly grids of elevation changes between 1978 and 2017 provide unprecedented details of the long-term and interannual variation. Derived mass changes agree well with contemporaneous data of surface mass balance and satellite gravimetry and show which regions were responsible for the significant accelerations of mass loss in recent years.