Observations of surface mass balance on Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, and the effect of strain history in fast-flowing sections

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: KONRAD, HANNES, HOGG, ANNA E., MULVANEY, ROBERT, ARTHERN, ROBERT, TUCKWELL, REBECCA J., MEDLEY, BROOKE, SHEPHERD, ANDREW
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2019
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; West Antarctica; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Journal of Glaciology; Pine Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.36; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143019000364

ABSTRACT Surface mass balance (SMB) is the net input of mass on a glacier's upper surface, composed of snow deposition, melt and erosion processes, and is a major contributor to the overall mass balance. Pine Island Glacier (PIG) in West Antarctica has been dynamically imbalanced since the earl...