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|a The spatial and temporal evolution of Pine Island Glacier thinning, 1995-2006 |h [electronic resource] |y English. |
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|a We use ERS-2 and ENVISAT satellite radar altimetry to examine spatial and temporal
changes in the rate of thinning of the Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, during the
period 1995 to 2008. We show that the pattern of thinning has both accelerated and
spread inland to encompass tributaries flowing into the central trunk of the glacier.
Within the 5,400 km2 central trunk, the average rate of volume loss quadrupled from 2.6
± 0.3 km3 yr-1 in 1995 to 10.1 ± 0.3 km3 yr-1 in 2006. The region of lightly grounded ice
at the glacier terminus is extending upstream, and the changes inland are consistent with
the effects of a prolonged disturbance to the ice flow, such as the effects of ocean-driven
melting. If the acceleration continues at its present rate, the main trunk of PIG will be
afloat within some 100 years, six times sooner than anticipated. |
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|3 The spatial and temporal evolution of Pine Island Glacier thinning, 1995-2006 |u http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2009GL039126/abstract |y The spatial and temporal evolution of Pine Island Glacier thinning, 1995-2006 |
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