The regional-scale surface mass balance of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, over the period 2005–2014, derived from airborne radar soundings and neutron probe measurements

Kowalewski, Stefan; Helm, Veit; Morris, Elizabeth Mary; Eisen, Olaf

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1285-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1285-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1285-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 3

Research article

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11 Mar 2021

Research article |

| 11 Mar 2021

The regional-scale surface mass balance of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica, over the period 2005–2014, derived from airborne radar soundings and neutron probe measurements

Stefan Kowalewski, Veit Helm, Elizabeth Mary Morris, and Olaf Eisen

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-1285-2021-supplement

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Surface mass balance of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica over the period 2005-2014, derived from airborne radar soundings and neutron probe measurements Stefan Kowalewski, Veit Helm, Elizabeth Morris, and Olaf Eisen https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927004

Short summary

This study presents estimates of total mass input for the Pine Island Glacier (PIG) over the period 2005–2014 from airborne radar measurements. Our analysis reveals a total mass input similar to an earlier estimate for the period 1985–2009 and same area. This suggests a stationary total mass input contrary to the accelerated mass loss of PIG over the past decades. However, we also find that its uncertainty is highly sensitive to the geostatistical assumptions required for its calculation.