Grounding line retreat of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, 1996 to 2013
© 2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, a glacier that holds a 3.9 m sea level change equivalent, has thinned and lost mass for decades. We map its grounding line positions in 1996 and 2013 using differential radar interferometry (InSAR) data and dev...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt0rh48089 2023-05-15T14:04:04+02:00 Grounding line retreat of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, 1996 to 2013 Li, X Rignot, E Morlighem, M Mouginot, J Scheuchl, B 8049 - 8056 2015-01-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0rh48089 unknown eScholarship, University of California qt0rh48089 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0rh48089 public Geophysical Research Letters, vol 42, iss 19 Antarctica grounding line radar interferometry radar sounding remote sensing glaciology Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences article 2015 ftcdlib 2021-05-30T17:53:52Z © 2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, a glacier that holds a 3.9 m sea level change equivalent, has thinned and lost mass for decades. We map its grounding line positions in 1996 and 2013 using differential radar interferometry (InSAR) data and develop precise, high-resolution topographies of its ice surface and ice draft using NASA Operation IceBridge data, InSAR data, and a mass conservation method. We detect a 1 to 3 km retreat of the grounding line in 17 years. The retreat is asymmetrical along a two-lobe pattern, where ice is only grounded a few 10 m above sea level, or ice plain, which may unground further with only modest amounts of ice thinning. The pattern of retreat indicates ice thinning of 12 m in 17 years or 0.7±0.1 m/yr at the grounding line on average. Sustained thinning will cause further grounding line retreat but may not be conducive to a marine instability. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica East Antarctica Totten Glacier University of California: eScholarship East Antarctica Totten Glacier ENVELOPE(116.333,116.333,-66.833,-66.833) |
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Antarctica grounding line radar interferometry radar sounding remote sensing glaciology Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Li, X Rignot, E Morlighem, M Mouginot, J Scheuchl, B Grounding line retreat of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, 1996 to 2013 |
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© 2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, a glacier that holds a 3.9 m sea level change equivalent, has thinned and lost mass for decades. We map its grounding line positions in 1996 and 2013 using differential radar interferometry (InSAR) data and develop precise, high-resolution topographies of its ice surface and ice draft using NASA Operation IceBridge data, InSAR data, and a mass conservation method. We detect a 1 to 3 km retreat of the grounding line in 17 years. The retreat is asymmetrical along a two-lobe pattern, where ice is only grounded a few 10 m above sea level, or ice plain, which may unground further with only modest amounts of ice thinning. The pattern of retreat indicates ice thinning of 12 m in 17 years or 0.7±0.1 m/yr at the grounding line on average. Sustained thinning will cause further grounding line retreat but may not be conducive to a marine instability. |
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Li, X Rignot, E Morlighem, M Mouginot, J Scheuchl, B |
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Grounding line retreat of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, 1996 to 2013 |
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Grounding line retreat of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, 1996 to 2013 |
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Grounding line retreat of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, 1996 to 2013 |
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Grounding line retreat of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, 1996 to 2013 |
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Grounding line retreat of Totten Glacier, East Antarctica, 1996 to 2013 |
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grounding line retreat of totten glacier, east antarctica, 1996 to 2013 |
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