Long-Term Monitoring and Change Analysis of Pine Island Ice Shelf Based on Multi-Source Satellite Observations during 1973–2020

• Published in: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
• Main Authors: Shijie Liu, Shu Su, Yuan Cheng, Xiaohua Tong, Rongxing Li
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf; ice flow velocity; ocean water temperature; ice shelf disintegration; multi-source remote sensing; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10070976

Pine Island Glacier (PIG) is one of the largest contributors to sea level rise in Antarctica. Continuous thinning and frequent calving imply significant destabilization of Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf (PIGIS). To understand the mechanism of its accelerated disintegration and its future development,...