Sustained increase in ice discharge from the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica, from 1973 to 2013

• Main Authors: Mouginot, J, Rignot, E, Scheuchl, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: ice dynamic; ice flux; West Antarctica; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences; Amundsen Sea; Pine Island Glacier; Thwaites Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9xj9n5bw

We combine measurements of ice velocity from Landsat feature tracking and satellite radar interferometry, and ice thickness from existing compilations to document 41 years of mass flux from the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE) of West Antarctica. The total ice discharge has increased by 77% since 1973....