Surface Elevation Change – Land Ice

Surface Elevation Change / Mass Balance – Land Ice

These datasets provide:

(1) Ice sheet surface elevation change rates for Antarctica and Greenland from 1995 to present derived by satellite observations

(2) Mass balance estimates for Antarctica from 1995 to present derived by satellite observations

Quick Start Guide – Mass Balance (PDF)

Quick Start Guide – Surface Elevation Change (PDF)

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Summary Specification:

Surface elevation change: Greenland and Antarctica, 5km x 5km, EPSG:3413 and EPSG:3031, Monthly, 1995 onwards.

Mass balance:  Antarctica, 5km x 5km, EPSG:3031, Monthly, 1995 onwards

Obtaining the data:

The ice sheet surface elevation change data can be obtained from the Climate Data Store:

https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/satellite-ice-sheet-elevation-change

Surface Elevation Change and Mass Balance Data products will soon be available under EOCIS from December 2023:

http://www.cpom.ucl.ac.uk/eocis/icesheets

Citation(s):

Coming soon.

License(s):

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License