Table 1. Grounded ice retreat, ice discharge, and mean mass balance for six glacier categories and three time periods: 1992–1997, 1998–2007, and 2008–2017.
Category | No. of glaciers | Ice loss (km2) | Discharge | Mass balance | ||
1992–1997 | 1998–2007 | 2008–2017 | 1992–2017 (Gt/year) | 1992–2017 (Gt/year) | ||
DW | 74 | 13.5 | 601.9 | 612.9 | 225.8 | −66.3 |
CR | 27 | 10.0 | 29.3 | 32.0 | 84.0 | −12.9 |
SC | 24 | 3.8 | 34.8 | 34.6 | 20.9 | −6.7 |
FE | 10 | 107.2 | 192.5 | 256.7 | 80.9 | −20.6 |
SR | 4 | 26.3 | 37.9 | 57.8 | 3.2 | −3.4 |
NC | 87 | 19.0 | 181.8 | 200.1 | 62.1 | −26.2 |
Total | 226 | 179.7 | 1078.2 | 1194.2 | 476.9 | −136.0 |