Constraining the recent mass balance of Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica, with airborne observations of snow accumulation

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: B. Medley, I. Joughin, B. E. Smith, S. B. Das, E. J. Steig, H. Conway, S. Gogineni, C. Lewis, A. S. Criscitiello, J. R. McConnell, M. R. van den Broeke, J. T. M. Lenaerts, D. H. Bromwich, J. P. Nicolas, C. Leuschen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2014
• Subjects: geo; envir; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Thwaites Glacier; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Pine Island; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1375-2014; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/8/1375/2014/tc-8-1375-2014.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/2bd483aa3b2b4a9c9bc690290d96ddc3

In Antarctica, uncertainties in mass input and output translate directly into uncertainty in glacier mass balance and thus in sea level impact. While remotely sensed observations of ice velocity and thickness over the major outlet glaciers have improved our understanding of ice loss to the ocean, sn...