Spatial patterns in mass balance of the Siple Coast and Amundsen Sea sectors of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Hamilton, Gordon S., Spikes, V. Blue, Stearns, Leigh A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2015
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Siple; Siple Coast; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1808/17212; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756405781813195

This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from "http://www.ingentaconnect.com". Local rates of change in ice-sheet thickness were calculated at 15 sites in West Antarctica using the submergence velocity technique. This method entails a comparison of the vertical v...