title: Snowfall-driven growth in East Antarctic ice sheet mitigates recent sea-level rise.
abstract: Satellite radar altimetry measurements indicate that the East Antarctic ice-sheet interior north of 81.6 degrees S increased in mass by 45 +/- 7 billion metric tons per year from 1992 to 2003. Comparisons with contemporaneous meteorological model snowfall estimates suggest that the gain in mass was associated with increased precipitation. A gain of this magnitude is enough to slow sea-level rise by 0.12 +/- 0.02 millimeters per year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. davisch@missouri.edu
authors.forename: Curt H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Yonghong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: Markus M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hanna