Connected subglacial lake drainage beneath Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Smith, Benjamin E., Gourmelen, Noel, Huth, Alexander, Joughin, Ian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-451-2017; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00010825; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00010782/tc-11-451-2017.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/11/451/2017/tc-11-451-2017.pdf

We present conventional and swath altimetry data from CryoSat-2, revealing a system of subglacial lakes that drained between June 2013 and January 2014 under the central part of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica (TWG). Much of the drainage happened in less than 6 months, with an apparent connection...