(2005), where satellite altimetry  established that the mean thickness of the entire greenland ice sheet  had increased at 2 inches per year – a total of almost 2 feet – in the  11 years 1993-2003.”
(2005), where satellite altimetry  established that the mean thickness of the entire greenland ice sheet  had increased at 2 inches per year – a total of almost 2 feet – in the  11 years 1993-2003.”
greenland ice sheet:145
assessment of the data and techniques suggests a mass balance for the greenland ice sheet ranging between growth of 25 gt/yr and loss of 60 gt/yr for 1961 to 2003, loss of 50 to 100 gt/yr for 1993 to 2003 and loss at even higher rates between 2003 and 2005.