Increased ice flow in Western Palmer Land linked to ocean melting

• Main Authors: Hogg, AE, Shepherd, A, Cornford, SL, Briggs, KH, Gourmelen, N, Graham, JA, Joughin, I, Mouginot, J, Nagler, T, Payne, AJ, Rignot, E, Wuite, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2017
• Subjects: Palmer Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/124696/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/124696/1/Hogg_et_al-2017c.pdf

A decrease in the mass and volume of Western Palmer Land has raised the prospect that ice speed has increased in this marine-based sector of Antarctica. To assess this possibility, we measure ice velocity over 25 years using satellite imagery and an optimized modeling approach. More than 30 unnamed...