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

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....

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Published in:Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors: Mouginot, J, Rignot, E, Scheuchl, B
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
Subjects:
Climate Action
ice dynamic
ice flux
West Antarctica
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
Amundsen Sea
Antarc*
Antarctica
Ice Sheet
Pine Island
Pine Island Glacier
Thwaites Glacier
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9xj9n5bw
https://escholarship.org/content/qt9xj9n5bw/qt9xj9n5bw.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1002/2013gl059069

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