Larsen ice shelf has progressively thinned

• Main Authors: Shepherd, A, Wingham, D, Payne, T, Skvarca, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE 2003
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VARIABILITY; COLLAPSE; GLACIER; RETREAT; SURFACE; TRENDS; MOTION; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Larsen Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/75786/

The retreat and collapse of Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves in tandem with a regional atmospheric warming has fueled speculation as to how these events may be related. Satellite radar altimeter measurements show that between 1992 and 2001 the Larsen Ice Shelf lowered by up to 0.27 +/- 0.11 meters pe...