Surface albedo as a proxy for Greenland ice sheet ablation season mass balance

1. Abstract 2 2. Introduction 2 3. Data 3 3.1. GRACE 3 3.2. MODIS 4 4. Methodology 5 5. Results 7 6. Discussion 9 6.1. Ice sheet mass balance 9 6.2. Application: Nowcasting 11 7. Conclusions 13 8. Acknowledgements 14 9. References 14