Observed thinning of Totten Glacier is linked to coastal polynya variability.

• Main Authors: Khazendar, A, Schodlok, MP, Fenty, I, Ligtenberg, SRM, Rignot, E, van den Broeke, MR
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2013
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Totten Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; Totten Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7zq644sh

Analysis of ICESat-1 data (2003-2008) shows significant surface lowering of Totten Glacier, the glacier discharging the largest volume of ice in East Antarctica, and less change on nearby Moscow University Glacier. After accounting for firn compaction anomalies, the thinning appears to coincide with...