Chinese Journal of Polar Research

ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE ›› 2015, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (3): 326-336.DOI: 10.13679/j.jdyj.2015.3.326

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PROGRESS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN THE STUDY OF ICE-SHEET MASS BALANCE

Wang Hui1,2, Sun Bo2, Li Fei1, Tang Xueyuan2, Cui Xiangbin2, Wang Tiantian1,2   

  1. 1 Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China; 2 Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200136, China
  • Received:2014-01-14 Revised:2015-04-07 Online:2015-09-30 Published:2015-09-30
  • Contact: Hui WANG

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Abstract: To assess the polar ice sheets mass balance accurately, is of significant importance for the study of sea-level rise under global warming. Since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report, new observation of ice-sheet mass balance and improved computer simulation of ice sheet response to continuing climate change have been published. The progress have been made on ice-sheet mass balance with the satellite altimetry, mass budget and the satellite gravimetry techniques, which are discussed with special focus on the new estimates of ice-sheet mass balance and improved ice-sheet modelling, as well as the future ice-sheet changes. The frontier challenges that the ice-sheet mass balance study is currently confronting will be discussed as well.

Key words: ice-sheet mass balance, surface mass balance, ice-sheet modeling, sea-level change