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^Gourley, K. C., R. A. Bennett, and C. Harig.
Quantifying Changes in Water Loading in the U.S. Southwest via Comparison of GNSS, GRACE, and SWE Datasets.
In revision at JGR: Earth Surface
Preprint on EarthArXiv.org: https://doi.org/10.31223/X54134


Harig, C. and A. Plattner.
Potential-field estimation from regional data at varying satellite altitude using altitude- and noise-cognizant Slepian functions.
In preparation.


Osei Tutu, A. and C. Harig
Variations in Earth's 1D viscosity structure in different tectonic regimes.
Ongoing Revise and Resubmit at Geophysical Research Letters
Preprint on EarthArXiv.org: https://doi.org/10.31223/X5WG9Q




19. ^Gourley, K. C. and C. Harig.
The Influence of Mantle Structure on Dynamic Topography in Southern Africa.
J. Geophys. Res., 129 (10), 2024.
Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029223
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18. Otosaka, I. N., Shepherd, A., Ivins, E. R., Schlegel, N.-J., Amory, C., van den Broeke, M. R., Horwath, M., Joughin, I., King, M. D., Krinner, G., Nowicki, S., Payne, A. J., Rignot, E., Scambos, T., Simon, K. M., Smith, B. E., S\o rensen, L. S., Velicogna, I., Whitehouse, P. L., A, G., Agosta, C., Ahlstr�m, A. P., Blazquez, A., Colgan, W., Engdahl, M. E., Fettweis, X., Forsberg, R., Gallee, H., Gardner, A., Gilbert, L., Gourmelen, N., Groh, A., Gunter, B. C., Harig, C., Helm, V., Khan, S. A., Kittel, C., Konrad, H., Langen, P. L., Lecavalier, B. S., Liang, C.-C., Loomis, B. D., McMillan, M., Melini, D., Mernild, S. H., Mottram, R., Mouginot, J., Nilsson, J., Noel, B., Pattle, M. E., Peltier, W. R., Pie, N., Roca, M., Sasgen, I., Save, H. V., Seo, K.-W., Scheuchl, B., Schrama, E. J. O., Schr�der, L., Simonsen, S. B., Slater, T., Spada, G., Sutterley, T. C., Vishwakarma, B. D., van Wessem, J. M., Wiese, D., van der Wal, W., and Wouters, B.
Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020,
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, 1597-1616, 2023.
Online: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1597-2023


17. ^Knowles, L. A., R. A. Bennett, and C. Harig.
Vertical displacements of the Amazon basin from GRACE and GPS.
J. Geophys. Res., 125 (2), 2020.
Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018105
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NatThumb 16. The IMBIE team.
Shepherd, A., E. Ivins, E. Rignot, B. Smith, M. van den Broeke, I. Velicogna, P. Whitehouse, K. Briggs, I. Joughin, G. Krinner, S. Nowicki, T. Payne, T. Scambos, N. Schlegel, G. A, C. Agosta, A. Ahlstr�m, G. Babonis, V. Barletta, A. Blazquez, J. Bonin, W. Colgan, B. Csatho, R. Cullather, M. Engdahl, D. Felikson, X. Fettweis, R. Forsberg, A. Hogg, H. Gallee, A. Gardner, L. Gilbert, N. Gourmelen, A. Groh, B. Gunter, E. Hanna, C. Harig, V. Helm, A. Horvath, M. Horwath, S. Khan, K. Kjeldsen, H. Konrad, P. Langen, B. Lecavalier, B. Loomis, S. Luthcke, M. McMillan, D. Melini, S. Mernild, Y. Mohajerani, P. Moore, R. Mottram, J. Mouginot, G. Moyano, A. Muir, T. Nagler, G. Nield, J. Nilsson, B. Noel, I. Otosaka, M. Pattle, W. R. Peltier, N. Pie, R. Rietbroek, H. Rott, L. Sandberg-S�rensen, I. Sasgen, H. Save, B. Scheuchl, E. Schrama, L. Schr�der, K.-W. Seo, S. Simonsen, T. Slater, G. Spada, T. Sutterley, M. Talpe, L. Tarasov, W. Jan van de Berg, W. van der Wal, M. van Wessem, B. D. Vishwakarma, D. Wiese, T. Wagner, and B. Wouters.
Mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet, 1992-2018.
Nature, 579, 233-239, 2020
Online: http://www.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1855-2
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15. ^von Hippel, M. and C. Harig.
Long-term and inter-annual mass changes in the Iceland ice cap determined from GRACE gravity using Slepian functions.
Front. Earth Sci., 7 (171), 1-10, 2019.
Online: http://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00171
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14. Bevis, M., C. Harig, S. .A. Khan, A. Brown, F. J. Simons, M. Willis, F. B. Madsen, X. Fettweis, M. R. van den Broeke, E. Kendrick, D. Caccamise, T. van Dam, Per Knudsen.
Accelerating changes in ice mass within Greenland and the ice sheet's sensitivity to atmospheric forcing.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sc., 116 (6), 1934-1939, 2019.
Online: https://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1806562116
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13. ^Beveridge, A. K., C. Harig*, and F. J. Simons.
The changing mass of glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, 2003-2016, using time-variable gravity from the GRACE satellite mission.
Journal of Geodetic Science, 8 (1), 83-97, 2018. * corresponding author
Online: https://doi.org/10.1515/jogs-2018-0010
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NatThumb 12. The IMBIE team.
Shepherd, A., E. Ivins, E. Rignot, B. Smith, M. van den Broeke, I. Velicogna, P. Whitehouse, K. Briggs, I. Joughin, G. Krinner, S. Nowicki, T. Payne, T. Scambos, N. Schlegel, G. A, C. Agosta, A. Ahlstrøm, G. Babonis, V. Barletta, A. Blazquez, J. Bonin, B. Csatho, R. Cullather, D. Felikson, X. Fettweis, R. Forsberg, H. Gallee, A. Gardner, L. Gilbert, A. Groh, B. Gunter, E. Hanna, C. Harig, V. Helm, A. Horvath, M. Horwath, S. Khan, K. Kjeldsen, H. Konrad, P. Langen, B. Lecavalier, B. Loomis, S. Luthcke, M. McMillan, D. Melini, S. Mernild, Y. Mohajerani, P. Moore, J. Mouginot, G. Moyano, A. Muir, T. Nagler, G. Nield, J. Nilsson, B. Noel, I. Otosaka, M. Pattle, R. Peltier, N. Pie, R. Rietbroek, H. Rott, L. Sandberg-Sørensen, I. Sasgen, H. Save, B. Scheuchl, E. Schrama, L. Schroder, K.-W. Seo, S. Simonsen, T. Slater, G. Spada, T. Sutterley, M. Talpe, L. Tarasov, W. Jan van de Berg, W. van der Wal, M. van Wessem, B. D. Vishwakarma, D. Wiese, and B. Wouters.
Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet, 1992-2017.
Nature, 558, 219-222, 2018.
Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0179-y
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11. Mitrovica, Jerry. X., Carling. C. Hay, Robert. E. Kopp, Christopher Harig, and Konstantin Latychev.
Quantifying the sensitivity of sea level change in coastal localities to the geometry of polar ice mass flux.
Journal of Climate, 2017.
Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0465.1
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SCIADV 10. Chen, Xianyao, Xuebin Zhang, John A. Church, Christopher S. Watson, Matt A. King, Didier Monselesan, Benoit Legresy, and Christopher Harig.
The increasing rate of global mean sea-level rise during 1993-2014.
Nature Climate Change, 7, 492-495, 2017.
Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate3325
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SCIADV 9. Mordret, Aurélien, Dylan Mikesell, Christopher Harig, Bradley P. Lipovsky, and Germán A. Prieto.
Monitoring South-West Greenland's ice sheet melt with ambient seismic noise.
Science Advances, 2 (5), e1501538, 2016.
Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501538
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GRL 8. Harig, Christopher and Frederik J. Simons.
Ice mass loss in Greenland, the Gulf of Alaska, and the Canadian Archipelago: Seasonal cycles and decadal trends.
Geophys. Res. Let., 43 (7), 3150-3159, 2016.
Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL067759
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EPSL 7. Harig, Christopher and Frederik J. Simons.
Accelerated West Antarctic ice mass loss continues to outpace East Antarctica gains.
Earth Planet. Sci. Let., 415, 134-141, 2015.
Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.01.029
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EOS 6. Harig, Christopher, Kevin W. Lewis, Alain Plattner, and Frederik J. Simons.
A suite of software analyzes data on the sphere.
Eos, 96, 2015.
Online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2015EO025851
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5. Morrow, Eric, Jerry X. Mitrovica, M. Glenn Sterenborg, and Christopher Harig.
A test of recent inferences of net polar ice mass balance based on long-wavelength gravity.
Journal of Climate,, 26, 6535-6540, 2013.
Online: doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00078.1
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PNAS 4. Harig, Christopher and Frederik J. Simons.
Mapping Greeenland's mass loss in space and time.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sc., 109(49), 19934-19937, 2012.
Online: doi:10.1073/pnas.1206785109
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3. Harig, Christopher, Shijie Zhong, and Frederik J. Simons.
Constraints on upper mantle viscosity from flow-induced pressure gradient across the Australian continental keel.
Geochem., Geophys., Geosyst.,, 11(6), Q06004, 2010.
Online: doi:10.1029/2010GC003038
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2. Harig, Christopher, Peter Molnar, and Gregory A. Houseman.
Lithospheric thinning and localization of deformation during Rayleigh-Taylor instability with nonlinear rheology and implications for intracontinental magmatism.
J. Geophys. Res., 115, B02205, 2010.
Online: doi:10.1029/2009JB006422
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1. Harig, Christopher, Peter Molnar, and Gregory A. Houseman.
Rayleigh-Taylor instability under a shear stress free top boundary condition and its relevance to removal of mantle lithosphere from beneath the Sierra Nevada.
Tectonics, 27, TC6019, 2008.
Online: doi:10.1029/2007TC002241
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Main Author:
SLEPIAN_Delta: Analysis of time-variable gravity from the GRACE satellite mission using Spherical Harmonics and spherical Slepian functions.
version 1.0, 2014.
version 1.1, 2016.
version 1.2, 2020.
version 1.2.1, 2022.
CSDMS Page: http://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Model:SLEPIAN_Delta
Get the code: https://github.com/csdms-contrib/slepian_delta
Latest version doi: doi:10.5281/zenodo.592812 DOI


Contributing Author:
SLEPIAN_Alpha: Computation of Spherical Harmonics, Slepian functions, and transforms.
CSDMS Page: http://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Model:SLEPIAN_Alpha
Get the code: https://github.com/csdms-contrib/slepian_alpha
Version 1.0 doi: doi:10.5281/zenodo.15704


SLEPIAN_Bravo: Linear inverse problems using Spherical Harmonics and spherical Slepian functions.
CSDMS Page: http://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Model:SLEPIAN_Bravo
Get the code: https://github.com/csdms-contrib/slepian_bravo
Version 1.0 doi: doi:10.5281/zenodo.15705


SLEPIAN_Charlie: Spectral estimation problems using Spherical Harmonics and spherical Slepian functions.
CSDMS Page: http://csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Model:SLEPIAN_Charlie
Get the code: https://github.com/csdms-contrib/slepian_charlie
Version 1.0 doi: doi:10.5281/zenodo.15706


SLEPIAN_Hotel: Inversions using vector Slepian functions.
version 1.0, 2017.
Get the code: https://github.com/csdms-contrib/slepian_hotel
Version 1.0 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.583626