Spatial and temporal evolution of Pine Island Glacier thinning, 1995-2006

• Main Authors: Wingham, DJ, Wallis, DW, Shepherd, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic ice-sheet; sea-level rise; West Antarctica; Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/141067/1/2009GL039126.pdf; https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/141067/

We use ERS-2 and ENVISAT satellite radar altimetry to examine spatial and temporal changes in the rate of thinning of the Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, during the period 1995 to 2006. We show that the pattern of thinning has both accelerated and spread inland to encompass tributaries flowing...