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Detailed ice loss pattern in the northern Antarctic Peninsula: widespread decline driven by ice front retreats
T. A. Scambos
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
E. Berthier
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (LEGOS CNRS), Université de Toulouse, Toulouse 31400, France
T. Haran
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
C. A. Shuman
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Joint Center for Earth Technology (UMBC JCET), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
A. J. Cook
Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
S. R. M. Ligtenberg
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht 3508 TA, the Netherlands
J. Bohlander
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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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.
This study of one of the most rapidly changing glacier regions on earth -- the Antarctic...
