Increased ice flow in Western Palmer Land linked to ocean melting

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 4159-4167

  Hogg, Anna E ^a   Shepherd, Andrew ^a   Cornford, Stephen L ^b,c   Briggs, Kate H ^a   Gourmelen, Noel ^d,e   Graham, Jennifer A ^f   Joughin, Ian ^g   Mouginot, Jeremie ^h   Nagler, Thomas ⁱ   Payne, Antony J ^b   Rignot, Eric ^h,j   Wuite, Jan ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ ENVEO IT GMBH   (Austria)

^j CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; dynamic imbalance; ice velocity; ocean warming

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; AT-SPEED; ICE DISCHARGES; ICE SHELVES; ICE VELOCITY; OCEAN WARMING; OPTIMIZED MODELS;

ICE;

COAST; DISCHARGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ICE FLOW; ICE SHELF; ICE-OCEAN INTERACTION; MELTING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; VELOCITY; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; PALMER LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 85019007372     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL072110     Document Type: Article

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