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JimboOmega

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Ice Sheet Balance Graph?
« on: November 21, 2016, 10:48:03 PM »
We have the ice sheet mass balance graphs for Greenland from DMI, that is continuously updated...

Do we have anything like that for Antarctica?
« Last Edit: November 22, 2016, 10:00:15 PM by Neven »

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Re: Ice Sheet Balance Grpah?
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2016, 11:42:21 PM »
This site has gravimetric mass balance which is not the same thing as the DMI surface mass balance, but is very illuminating nevertheless. It's more useful, IMHO, as it measures the sum total of all ice gain/loss effects.

https://data1.geo.tu-dresden.de/ais_gmb/

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Re: Ice Sheet Balance Graph?
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2016, 03:03:05 PM »
Thanks, great site. I like the ability to select parts of Antarctica and see the trend of each one.