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Research article
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20 May 2021
Research article |
| 20 May 2021
| 20 May 2021
Environmental drivers of circum-Antarctic glacier and ice shelf front retreat over the last two decades
German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), German Aerospace Center
(DLR), 82234 Weßling, Germany
Andreas J. Dietz
German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), German Aerospace Center
(DLR), 82234 Weßling, Germany
Christof Kneisel
Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
Heiko Paeth
Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
Claudia Kuenzer
German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD), German Aerospace Center
(DLR), 82234 Weßling, Germany
Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Short summary
We present a record of circum-Antarctic glacier and ice shelf front change over the last two decades in combination with potential environmental variables forcing frontal retreat. Along the Antarctic coastline, glacier and ice shelf front retreat dominated between 1997–2008 and advance between 2009–2018. Decreasing sea ice days, intense snowmelt, weakening easterly winds, and relative changes in sea surface temperature were identified as enabling factors for glacier and ice shelf front retreat.
We present a record of circum-Antarctic glacier and ice shelf front change over the last two...
