Recent Antarctic mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modeling

• Main Authors: Rignot, Eric, Bamber, Jonathan L., van den Broeke, M.R., Davis, C., Li, Yonghong, van de Berg, W.J., van Meijgaard, E.
• Other Authors: Dep Natuurkunde
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/224505

Observed estimates of ice losses in Antarctica combined with regional modelling of ice accumulation in the interior suggest that East Antarctica is close to a balanced mass budget, but large losses of ice occur in the narrow outlet channels of West Antarctic glaciers and at the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula.