Thwaites Glacier ice surface speed change from January 2012 to January 2021

• Main Authors: Bevan, Suzanne, Luckman, Adrian, Benn, Douglas
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre 2021
• Subjects: "EARTH SCIENCE","CRYOSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION"; "EARTH SCIENCE","CRYOSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","GLACIERS"; "EARTH SCIENCE","TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","GLACIER MOTION/ICE SHEET MOTION"; "EARTH SCIENCE","TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE","GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS","GLACIERS"; ITGC; Thwaites Glacier; acceleration; ice surface speed; West Antarctica; The Ramp; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/668bf042-d0de-4741-a62e-2ae93b6f7106; https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01506

A map of changes in ice surface speed in metres/year for Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, between January 2012 and January 2021. Speeds based on feature tracking of satellite synthetic aperture radar data. The work was funded by NERC projects NE/P011365/1 and NE/S006605/1. : January 2012 speeds we...