Search Results - "Zwally, H J"

Thinning and volume loss of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover: 2003–2008 by Kwok, R., Cunningham, G. F., Wensnahan, M., Rigor, I., Zwally, H. J., Yi, D.

“…We present our best estimate of the thickness and volume of the Arctic Ocean ice cover from 10 Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) campaigns that…”
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Overview of the ICESat Mission by Schutz, B. E., Zwally, H. J., Shuman, C. A., Hancock, D., DiMarzio, J. P.

“…The Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) has provided a view of the Earth in three dimensions…”
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Recent Greenland Ice Mass Loss by Drainage System from Satellite Gravity Observations by Luthcke, S.B, Zwally, H.J, Abdalati, W, Rowlands, D.D, Ray, R.D, Nerem, R.S, Lemoine, F.G, McCarthy, J.J, Chinn, D.S

“…Mass changes of the Greenland Ice Sheet resolved by drainage system regions were derived from a local mass concentration analysis of NASA-Deutsches Zentrum für…”
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Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) over Arctic sea ice: Retrieval of freeboard by Kwok, R., Cunningham, G. F., Zwally, H. J., Yi, D.

“…Total freeboard (snow and ice) of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover is derived using Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) data from two 35‐day…”
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ICESat Antarctic elevation data: Preliminary precision and accuracy assessment by Shuman, C. A., Zwally, H. J., Schutz, B. E., Brenner, A. C., DiMarzio, J. P., Suchdeo, V. P., Fricker, H. A.

“…Since ‘first light’ on February 20th, 2003, NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) has derived surface elevations from ∼86°N to 86°S…”
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Five years of Arctic sea ice freeboard measurements from the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite by Farrell, Sinead L., Laxon, Seymour W., McAdoo, David C., Yi, Donghui, Zwally, H. J.

“…Using data from the first Earth‐orbiting laser altimeter, the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS), onboard the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite…”
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Persistent surface snowmelt over Antarctica (1987–2006) from 19.35 GHz brightness temperatures by Tedesco, M., Abdalati, W., Zwally, H. J.

“…Persistent melting (e.g., continuing for more than three days or for one consecutive day and night) is mapped in Antarctica (1987–2006) using night‐ and…”
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ICESat over Arctic sea ice: Interpretation of altimetric and reflectivity profiles by Kwok, R., Cunningham, G. F., Zwally, H. J., Yi, D.

“…We provide an assessment of the ICESat altimeter for studying the Arctic Ocean and examine the magnitude of the large‐ and small‐scale expressions of…”
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Gravity of the Arctic Ocean from satellite data with validations using airborne gravimetry: Oceanographic implications by McAdoo, David C., Farrell, Sinead Louise, Laxon, Seymour, Ridout, Andy, Zwally, H. J., Yi, Donghui

“…Precise mappings of sea surface topography, slope, and gravity of the Arctic Ocean are derived from altimeter data collected by Envisat and ICESat. Both…”
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Deriving long-term time series of sea ice cover from satellite passive-microwave multisensor data sets by Cavalieri, D. J., Parkinson, C. L., Gloersen, P., Comiso, J. C., Zwally, H. J.

“…We have generated consistent sea ice extent and area data records spanning 18.2 years from passive‐microwave radiances obtained with the Nimbus 7 scanning…”
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Observed Hemispheric Asymmetry in Global Sea Ice Changes by Cavalieri, D. J., Gloersen, P., Parkinson, C. L., Comiso, J. C., Zwally, H. J.

“…From November 1978 through December 1996, the areal extent of sea ice decreased by 2.9 ± 0.4 percent per decade in the Arctic and increased by 1.3 ± 0.2…”
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Topography of the Northern Hemisphere of Mars from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter by Smith, D. E., Zuber, M. T., Frey, H. V., Garvin, J. B., Head, J. W., Muhleman, D. O., Pettengill, G. H., Phillips, R. J., Solomon, S. C., Zwally, H. J., Banerdt, W. B., Duxbury, T. C.

“…The first 18 tracks of laser altimeter data across the northern hemisphere of Mars from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft show that the planet at latitudes…”
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Statistical modeling of a former Arctic Ocean ice shelf complex using Antarctic analogies by Kirchner, N., Furrer, R., Jakobsson, M., Zwally, H. J., Robbins, J. W.

“…Geophysical mapping and coring of the central Arctic Ocean seafloor provide evidence for repeated occurrences of ice sheet/ice shelf complexes during previous…”
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Surface Melt-Induced Acceleration of Greenland Ice-Sheet Flow by Zwally, H. Jay, Abdalati, Waleed, Herring, Tom, Larson, Kristine, Saba, Jack, Steffen, Konrad

“…Ice flow at a location in the equilibrium zone of the west-central Greenland Ice Sheet accelerates above the midwinter average rate during periods of summer…”
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Growth of Greenland Ice Sheet: Measurement by Zwally, H. Jay, Brenner, Anita C., Major, Judy A., Bindschadler, Robert A., Marsh, James G.

“…Measurements of ice-sheet elevation change by satellite altimetry show that the Greenland surface elevation south of 72 degrees north latitude is increasing…”
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Precision and Accuracy of Satellite Radar and Laser Altimeter Data Over the Continental Ice Sheets by Brenner, A.C., DiMarzio, J.P., Zwally, H.J.

“…The unprecedented accuracy of elevations retrieved from the Ice Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) laser altimeter is investigated and used to…”
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Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter: Experiment summary after the first year of global mapping of Mars by Smith, David E., Zuber, Maria T., Frey, Herbert V., Garvin, James B., Head, James W., Muhleman, Duane O., Pettengill, Gordon H., Phillips, Roger J., Solomon, Sean C., Zwally, H. Jay, Banerdt, W. Bruce, Duxbury, Thomas C., Golombek, Matthew P., Lemoine, Frank G., Neumann, Gregory A., Rowlands, David D., Aharonson, Oded, Ford, Peter G., Ivanov, Anton B., Johnson, Catherine L., McGovern, Patrick J., Abshire, James B., Afzal, Robert S., Sun, Xiaoli

“…The Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA), an instrument on the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft, has measured the topography, surface roughness, and 1.064‐μm…”
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ICESat's laser measurements of polar ice, atmosphere, ocean, and land by Zwally, H.J., Schutz, B., Abdalati, W., Abshire, J., Bentley, C., Brenner, A., Bufton, J., Dezio, J., Hancock, D., Harding, D., Herring, T., Minster, B., Quinn, K., Palm, S., Spinhirne, J., Thomas, R.

“…The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission will measure changes in elevation of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets as part of NASA's…”
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Sea-ice thickness distribution of the Bellingshausen Sea from surface measurements and ICESat altimetry by Xie, H., Ackley, S.F., Yi, D., Zwally, H.J., Wagner, P., Weissling, B., Lewis, M., Ye, K.

“…Although sea-ice extent in the Bellingshausen-Amundsen (BA) seas sector of the Antarctic has shown significant decline over several decades, there is not…”
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Variability of Antarctic sea ice 1979–1998 by Zwally, H. Jay, Comiso, Josefino C., Parkinson, Claire L., Cavalieri, Donald J., Gloersen, Per

“…The principal characteristics of the variability of Antarctic sea ice cover as previously described from satellite passive microwave observations are also…”
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