Anyone interested in glacier or ice sheet mass balance, from a remote sensing and/or modeling point of view, is more than welcome to submit an abstract to our AGU session C025. For the session description, see below. Please note that abstract submission is only open for a few more days and will close Tuesday, 6th August.
We hope to see many of you in San Francisco!
Best regards,
Stefan Ligtenberg, Ben Smith, Anthony Arendt and Jan Lenaerts
Stefan Ligtenberg, Ben Smith, Anthony Arendt and Jan Lenaerts
C025. Reducing the uncertainties in glacier mass balance: combining remote sensing with modeling of firn and surface processes
Melting of land ice constitutes a major contribution to current sea level rise. Remote sensing methods measure changes in glacier volume using satellite/airborne altimetry, and changes in glacier mass using satellite gravimetry (GRACE). Converting these measurements to glacier mass balance changes requires consideration of surface (snowfall, snowdrift, sublimation, melt) and near-surface (firn depth and density) processes. We invite contributions that highlight progress in remote sensing and/or the modeling of these surface processes, and especially studies that show how the combination of both can lead towards a better estimate of ice sheet and glacier mass balance.
Invited speakers: Brooke Medley, Geir Moholdt and Santiago de la Pena.
