Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier
Satellite radar interferometry observations of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, reveal that the glacier hinge-line position retreated 1.2 +/- 0.3 kilometers per year between 1992 and 1996, which in turn implies that the ice thinned by 3.5 +/- 0.9 meters per year. The fast recession of Pine Isla...
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| author | Rignot, EJ |
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| description | Satellite radar interferometry observations of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, reveal that the glacier hinge-line position retreated 1.2 +/- 0.3 kilometers per year between 1992 and 1996, which in turn implies that the ice thinned by 3.5 +/- 0.9 meters per year. The fast recession of Pine Island Glacier, predicted to be a possible trigger for the disintegration of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is attributed to enhanced basal melting of the glacier floating tongue by warm ocean waters. |
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| op_source | Science (New York, N.Y.), vol 281, iss 5376 |
| publishDate | 1998 |
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| spelling | ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt2kp8m2q6 2025-01-16T19:24:28+00:00 Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier Rignot, EJ 549 - 551 1998-07-01 application/pdf https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2kp8m2q6 unknown eScholarship, University of California qt2kp8m2q6 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2kp8m2q6 CC-BY CC-BY Science (New York, N.Y.), vol 281, iss 5376 General Science & Technology article 1998 ftcdlib 2020-02-07T23:53:28Z Satellite radar interferometry observations of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, reveal that the glacier hinge-line position retreated 1.2 +/- 0.3 kilometers per year between 1992 and 1996, which in turn implies that the ice thinned by 3.5 +/- 0.9 meters per year. The fast recession of Pine Island Glacier, predicted to be a possible trigger for the disintegration of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is attributed to enhanced basal melting of the glacier floating tongue by warm ocean waters. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Sheet Pine Island Pine Island Glacier West Antarctica University of California: eScholarship Antarctic Pine Island Glacier ENVELOPE(-101.000,-101.000,-75.000,-75.000) West Antarctic Ice Sheet West Antarctica |
| spellingShingle | General Science & Technology Rignot, EJ Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier |
| title | Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier |
| title_full | Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier |
| title_fullStr | Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier |
| title_short | Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier |
| title_sort | fast recession of a west antarctic glacier |
| topic | General Science & Technology |
| topic_facet | General Science & Technology |
| url | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2kp8m2q6 |