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13 May 2015
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| 13 May 2015
Oceanic and atmospheric forcing of Larsen C Ice-Shelf thinning
P. R. Holland
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
A. Brisbourne
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
H. F. J. Corr
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
D. McGrath
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
K. Purdon
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
H. A. Fricker
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
F. S. Paolo
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
A. H. Fleming
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
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Short summary
Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves have collapsed in recent decades. The surface of Larsen C Ice Shelf is lowering, but the cause of this has not been understood. This study uses eight radar surveys to show that the lowering is caused by both ice loss and a loss of air from the ice shelf's snowpack. At least two different processes are causing the lowering. The stability of Larsen C may be at risk from an ungrounding of Bawden Ice Rise or ice-front retreat past a 'compressive arch' in strain rates.
Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves have collapsed in recent decades. The surface of Larsen C Ice...
