Scaling of instability timescales of Antarctic outlet glaciers based on one-dimensional similitude analysis

• Main Authors: Levermann, A., Feldmann, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH 2019
• Subjects: glacier dynamics; hydrological modeling; ice sheet; ice shelf; instability; one-dimensional modeling; scale effect; timescale; uncertainty analysis; Antarctica; Pine Island Glacier; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; 550; Antarctic; Misi; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/4906; https://doi.org/10.34657/3535

Recent observations and ice-dynamic modeling suggest that a marine ice-sheet instability (MISI) might have been triggered in West Antarctica. The corresponding outlet glaciers, Pine Island Glacier (PIG) and Thwaites Glacier (TG), showed significant retreat during at least the last 2 decades. While o...