Increased West Antarctic and unchanged East Antarctic ice discharge over the last 7 years

• Main Authors: Gardner, Alex S., Moholdt, Geir, Scambos, Ted, Fahnstock, Mark, Ligtenberg, Stefan, van den Broeke, Michiel, Nilsson, Johan
• Other Authors: Sub Dynamics Meteorology, Marine and Atmospheric Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; The Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/363683

Ice discharge from large ice sheets plays a direct role in determining rates of sea-level rise. We map present-day Antarctic-wide surface velocities using Landsat 7 and 8 imagery spanning 2013–2015 and compare to earlier estimates derived from synthetic aperture radar, revealing heterogeneous change...