Partners

DTU Space

The research division of 'Geodesy and Earth Observations' at DTU Space focuses on research within solid earth- cryosphere interaction, changes in height systems, the global reference network including surfaces for the ocean, gravity and geoids, and physical modeling of the solid Earth (glacial isostatic adjustment). We monitor present-day bedrock uplift using GNET-GPS data to understand the development of ice sheet - solid earth interaction. We monitor changes of the Greenland and Antarctica ice sheets using satellite and airborne missions, as well as in situ measurements, and estimate their contribution to global sea level rise.

GEUS

The Department of Glaciology and Climate at GEUS has a research focus on ice-climate, ice-ocean and ice-bed interactions in Greenland. This includes delivering remotely-sensed products, such as ice-sheet surface velocity and iceberg discharge, and in-situ products, including real-time weather station and ice temperature data, through major observational programs like Greenland Climate Network (GC-Net) and the Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet (PROMICE). For this center, GEUS will lead in-situ instrumentation and monitoring of ice-sheet forcings at both Petermann Glacier and Kangerlussuaq Glacier, and assess available Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) data to ensure CISP simulations use the best available ice-sheet forcings.

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth will conduct the ice sheet modeling component of the work for this center, leveraging new data assimilation capabilities in the Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model (ISSM). We will create reconstructions of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets over the remote-sensing area, using observations of ice geometry, surface velocity, as well as their evolution over the past two decades. The improved historical reconstruction will better capture recent changes of the ice sheets and the processes causing them, and will be used to produce more accurate projections of the contribution of the ice sheets to sea level rise over the next century and beyond.

Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen

Section of Geogenetics, Globe Institute will compile historical data about ice marginal fluctuations used in this project. This includes radiocarbon, optically stimulated luminescence, and cosmogenic exposure ages. In addition, we will map ice-marginal landforms using satellite and historical photographs. The curated database will be made freely available for the ice sheet modelling community.