Increased West Antarctic and unchanged East Antarctic ice discharge over the last 7 years

Ice discharge from large ice sheets plays a direct role in determining rates of sea-level rise. We map present-day Antarctic-wide surface velocities using Landsat 7 and 8 imagery spanning 2013–2015 and compare to earlier estimates derived from synthetic aperture radar, revealing heterogeneous cha...

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Published in:The Cryosphere
Main Authors: A. S. Gardner, G. Moholdt, T. Scambos, M. Fahnstock, S. Ligtenberg, M. van den Broeke, J. Nilsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/521/2018/tc-12-521-2018.pdf