Credit: Ian Joughin
Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise
Monitoring the changing ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica through international scientific collaboration
Advancing Ice Sheet Science
IMBIE brings together satellite observations from multiple missions to provide the most comprehensive assessment of ice sheet change to date.
Comprehensive Data
Access to 30+ years of satellite observations tracking ice sheet changes
Credit: Professor Alison Banwell
Interactive Analytics
Explore interactive visualisations of mass balance trends over time
Research Publications
Browse the peer-reviewed studies and assessment reports produced by the collaboration
Global Collaboration
Meet the international team of scientists working on ice sheet research, including core technical support from isardSAT
Our Mission
The Ice Sheet Mass Balance Inter-comparison Exercise (IMBIE) is an international collaboration supported by ESA and NASA, with core technical and software support from isardSAT. It aims to provide the most reliable estimates of ice sheet mass balance to date.
By combining data from multiple satellite missions and reconciling estimates from different measurement techniques, IMBIE provides crucial insight into how the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are responding to climate change.
Credit: Hamish Pritchard