Detailed ice loss pattern in the northern Antarctic Peninsula: widespread decline driven by ice front retreats

Scambos, T. A.; Berthier, E.; Haran, T.; Shuman, C. A.; Cook, A. J.; Ligtenberg, S. R. M.; Bohlander, J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2135-2014

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2135-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-2135-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

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24 Nov 2014

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Detailed ice loss pattern in the northern Antarctic Peninsula: widespread decline driven by ice front retreats

T. A. Scambos, E. Berthier, T. Haran, C. A. Shuman, A. J. Cook, S. R. M. Ligtenberg, and J. Bohlander

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RC C1251: 'Review: Detailed ice loss pattern in the northern Antarctic Peninsula: widespread decline driven by ice front retreats by. T.A. Scambos et al.', Helmut Rott, 12 Jul 2014
RC C1658: 'Review of Scambos et al. ‘Detailed ice loss pattern in the northern Antarctic Peninsula: widespread decline driven by ice front retreats.’ The Cryosphere Discussions, 8, 3237-3261, 2014. [Nick Barrand, 25-08-2014]', Nicholas Barrand, 25 Aug 2014
AC C1947: 'Response to reviewers', T A Scambos, 05 Oct 2014

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This study of one of the most rapidly changing glacier regions on earth -- the Antarctic Peninsula -- uses two types of satellite data to measure the rates of ice loss in detail for the individual glaciers. The satellite data is laser altimetry from ICESat and stereo image DEM differences. The results show that 24..9 ± 7.8 billion tons of ice are lost from the region north of 66°S on the peninsula each year. The majority of the data cover 2003-2008.