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Joughin, I., Rignot, E., Rosanova, C.E., Lucchitta, B.K. and Bohlander, J. (2003). Timing of Recent Accelerations of Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2003GL017609. issn: 0094-8276. |
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We have used Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data and sequential Landsat imagery to identify and temporally constrain two acceleration events on Pine Island Glacier (PIG). These two events are separated by a period of at least seven years (1987--1994). The change in discharge between two flux gates indicates that the majority of the increase in discharge associated with the second acceleration originates well inland (>80 km) from the grounding line. An analysis indicates that changes in driving stress consistent with observed thinning rates are sufficient in magnitude to explain much of the acceleration. |
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Exploration Geophysics, Remote sensing, Hydrology, Glaciology, Oceanography, Physical, Sea level variations, Information Related to Geographic Region, Antarctica |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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