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Firn Compaction

Firn compaction is a physicochemical process within the cryosphere whereby loose, granular snow undergoes densification into glacier ice through intergranular deformation and bonding under the influence of overlying snow load and atmospheric conditions, distinguishing it from other firn processes by its role in reducing pore space and enabling mass transfer within the glacier mass balance system.

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2017–2026

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Density assumptions for converting geodetic glacier volume change to mass change

Matthias Huss · ˜The œcryosphere · 2013 · 670 citations · Full text

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Mass changes of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and shelves and contributions to sea-level rise: 1992–2002

H. Jay Zwally, Mario B. Giovinetto, Jun Li et al. · Journal of Glaciology · 2005 · 502 citations · Full text

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Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet (2003–2008) from ICESat data – the impact of interpolation, sampling and firn density

Louise Sandberg Sørensen, Sebastian B. Simonsen, Karina Nielsen et al. · ˜The œcryosphere · 2011 · 229 citations · Full text

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Greenland ice sheet mass balance: distribution of increased mass loss with climate warming; 2003–07 versus 1992–2002

H. Jay Zwally, Anita C. Brenner, Matthew Beckley et al. · Journal of Glaciology · 2011 · 227 citations · Full text

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Mass loss of Greenland's glaciers and ice caps 2003–2008 revealed from ICESat laser altimetry data

Tobias Bolch, Louise Sandberg Sørensen, Sebastian B. Simonsen et al. · Geophysical Research Letters · 2013 · 154 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. MR
    M. R. van den Broeke

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    7 publications · 369 citations

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  2. HJ
    H. Jay Zwally

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    5 publications · 876 citations

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  3. PK
    Peter Kuipers Munneke

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    4 publications · 190 citations

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  4. JL
    Jun Li

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    4 publications · 649 citations

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  5. CM
    C. Max Stevens

    University of Washington, United States

    3 publications · 127 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Goddard Space Flight Center

    Greenbelt, United States

    9 h-index

    31 publications

    6.7K citations

  2. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    26 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    356 citations

  4. Earth and Space Research

    Seattle, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    356 citations

  5. Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies (United States)

    Greenbelt, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    3.2K citations

  6. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    109 citations

  7. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    852 citations

  8. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    473 citations

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  1. Journal of Glaciology

    10 publications · 999 citations

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  2. Annals of Glaciology

    6 publications · 165 citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    5 publications · 480 citations

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  4. ˜The œcryosphere

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. Remote Sensing

    1 publications · 11 citations

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