Change in ice surface height of Antarctica between 2003 and 2012 due to ice dynamics (the flow of ice) and surface mass balance (SMB; the difference between snowfall and melt), based on the results of the RATES project.
Reference: Martín‐Español A, Zammit‐Mangion A, Clarke PJ et al. ( 2016), Spatial and temporal Antarctic Ice Sheet mass trends, glacio‐isostatic adjustment, and surface processes from a joint inversion of satellite altimeter, gravity, and GPS data, JGR: Earth Surface, 121, 182– 200 (doi:10.1002/2015JF003550).
Visualisation: S Chuter