Ocean-driven thinning enhances iceberg calving and retreat of Antarctic ice shelves

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 3263-3268

  Liu, Yan ^a,b   Moore, John C ^a,b,c,d   Cheng, Xiao ^a,b   Gladstone, Rupert M ^e,f   Bassis, Jeremy N ^g   Liu, Hongxing ^h   Wen, Jiahong ⁱ   Hui, Fengming ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Joint Center for Global Change Studies   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

ⁱ SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Basal melt; Ice shelf; Iceberg calving; Mass balance

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG CALVING; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL RISE; STEADY STATE;

EID: 84925310708     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1415137112     Document Type: Article

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