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Data Sources |
ECV Products and Requirements |
Ice Sheets and Ice Shelves
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The understanding of the timescale of ice sheet response to climate change has changed dramatically over the last decade. Rapid changes in ice-sheet mass have surely contributed to abrupt changes in climate and sea level in the past. | |
| Domain: | Terrestrial | |
| Subdomain: | Cyrosphere | |
| Scientific Area: | Snow and Ice | |
| ECV Steward: | Hiroyuki Enomoto | |
| Products: | Surface Elevation Change; Ice Velocity; Ice Mass Change; Grounding Line Location and Thickness | |
Greenland Ice Sheet
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Until 2007, rate of decrease in ice sheet height in cm per year. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambios_en_la_capa_de_hielo_de_…; Work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. |
