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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Main Author: Rignot, EJ
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: eScholarship, University of California 1998
Subjects:
General Science & Technology
Antarctic
Pine Island Glacier
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
West Antarctica
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Pine Island
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2kp8m2q6
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spelling ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org/ark:/13030/qt2kp8m2q6 2023-05-15T14:02:50+02:00 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
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Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier
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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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author Rignot, EJ
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title Fast recession of a west antarctic glacier
title_short 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_sort fast recession of a west antarctic glacier
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Pine Island Glacier
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
West Antarctica
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Pine Island Glacier
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
West Antarctica
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Antarctica
Ice Sheet
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Pine Island Glacier
West Antarctica
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Ice Sheet
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