Sustained retreat of the Pine Island Glacier
International audience We use satellite observations to show that, between 1992 and 2011, the Pine Island Glacier hinge line retreated at a rate of 0.95 ± 0.09 km yr−1 despite a progressive steepening and shoaling of the glacier surface and bedrock slopes, respectively, which ought to impede retreat...
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ftinsu:oai:HAL:hal-00856384v1 2024-02-11T09:58:12+01:00 Sustained retreat of the Pine Island Glacier Park, J. W. Gourmelen, N. Shepherd, A. Kim, S. W. Vaughan, D. G. Wingham, D. J. Yonsei University Dynamique globale et déformation active (IPGS) (IPGS-DGDA) Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg (IPGS) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science Leeds (ICAS) School of Earth and Environment Leeds (SEE) University of Leeds-University of Leeds Sejong University British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) University College of London London (UCL) 2013 https://hal.science/hal-00856384 https://hal.science/hal-00856384/document https://hal.science/hal-00856384/file/grl.50379.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50379 en eng HAL CCSD American Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1002/grl.50379 hal-00856384 https://hal.science/hal-00856384 https://hal.science/hal-00856384/document https://hal.science/hal-00856384/file/grl.50379.pdf doi:10.1002/grl.50379 http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/licences/copyright/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0094-8276 EISSN: 1944-8007 Geophysical Research Letters https://hal.science/hal-00856384 Geophysical Research Letters, 2013, 40 (10), pp.2137--2142. ⟨10.1002/grl.50379⟩ Antarctica InSAR [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2013 ftinsu https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50379 2024-01-17T17:26:08Z International audience We use satellite observations to show that, between 1992 and 2011, the Pine Island Glacier hinge line retreated at a rate of 0.95 ± 0.09 km yr−1 despite a progressive steepening and shoaling of the glacier surface and bedrock slopes, respectively, which ought to impede retreat. The retreat has remained constant because the glacier terminus has thinned at an accelerating rate of 0.53 ± 0.15 m yr−2, with comparable changes upstream. This acceleration is consistent with an intensification of ocean-driven melting in the cavity beneath the floating section of the glacier. The pattern of hinge-line retreat meanders and is concentrated in isolated regions until ice becomes locally buoyant. Because the glacier-ocean system does not appear to have reached a position of relative stability, the lower limit of sea level projections may be too conservative. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Pine Island Pine Island Glacier Institut national des sciences de l'Univers: HAL-INSU Pine Island Glacier ENVELOPE(-101.000,-101.000,-75.000,-75.000) Geophysical Research Letters 40 10 2137 2142 |
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Antarctica InSAR [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph] [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes Park, J. W. Gourmelen, N. Shepherd, A. Kim, S. W. Vaughan, D. G. Wingham, D. J. Sustained retreat of the Pine Island Glacier |
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International audience We use satellite observations to show that, between 1992 and 2011, the Pine Island Glacier hinge line retreated at a rate of 0.95 ± 0.09 km yr−1 despite a progressive steepening and shoaling of the glacier surface and bedrock slopes, respectively, which ought to impede retreat. The retreat has remained constant because the glacier terminus has thinned at an accelerating rate of 0.53 ± 0.15 m yr−2, with comparable changes upstream. This acceleration is consistent with an intensification of ocean-driven melting in the cavity beneath the floating section of the glacier. The pattern of hinge-line retreat meanders and is concentrated in isolated regions until ice becomes locally buoyant. Because the glacier-ocean system does not appear to have reached a position of relative stability, the lower limit of sea level projections may be too conservative. |
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Yonsei University Dynamique globale et déformation active (IPGS) (IPGS-DGDA) Institut de physique du globe de Strasbourg (IPGS) Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science Leeds (ICAS) School of Earth and Environment Leeds (SEE) University of Leeds-University of Leeds Sejong University British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) University College of London London (UCL) |
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Sustained retreat of the Pine Island Glacier |
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Sustained retreat of the Pine Island Glacier |
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ISSN: 0094-8276 EISSN: 1944-8007 Geophysical Research Letters https://hal.science/hal-00856384 Geophysical Research Letters, 2013, 40 (10), pp.2137--2142. ⟨10.1002/grl.50379⟩ |
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