Uncertainty in mass-balance trends derived from altimetry: a case study along the EGIG line, central Greenland
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Repeated measurements of density profiles and surface elevation along a 515 km traverse of the Greenland ice sheet are used to determine elevation change rates and the error in determining mass-balance trends from these rates which arises from short-term fluctuations in mass input, compaction and surface density. Mean values of this error, averaged over 100 km sections of the traverse, decrease with time from the start of observations in 2004, with a half-time of �4 years. After 7 years the mean error is less than the ice equivalent mass imbalance.
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