Inland Thinning of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica
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- 2 February 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 291 (5505) , 862-864
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.291.5505.862
Abstract
The Pine Island Glacier (PIG) transports 69 cubic kilometers of ice each year from ∼10% of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). It is possible that a retreat of the PIG may accelerate ice discharge from the WAIS interior. Satellite altimetry and interferometry show that the grounded PIG thinned by up to 1.6 meters per year between 1992 and 1999, affecting 150 kilometers of the inland glacier. The thinning cannot be explained by short-term variability in accumulation and must result from glacier dynamics.Keywords
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