Spatial Patterns in Mass Balance of the Siple Coast and Amundsen Sea Sectors, West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Hamilton, Gordon S., Spikes, V. Blue, Stearns, Leigh A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2005
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Antarctic; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Siple; Siple Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/142; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1141&context=ers_facpub

Local rates of change in ice-sheet thickness were calculated at IS sites in West Antarctica using the submergence velocity technique. This method entails a comparison of the vertical velocity of the ice sheet, measured using repeat global positioning system surveys of markers, and local long-term ra...