The regional-scale surface mass balance of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, over the period 2005–2014, derived from airborne radar soundings and neutron probe measurements

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: S. Kowalewski, V. Helm, E. M. Morris, O. Eisen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Pine Island; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1285-2021; https://doaj.org/article/dd75f33a473744f79db8e4555e8e4cef

We derive recent surface mass balance (SMB) estimates from airborne radar observations along the iSTAR traverse (2013, 2014) at Pine Island Glacier (PIG), West Antarctica. Ground-based neutron probe measurements provide information of snow and firn density with depth at 22 locations and were used to...