Ocean forced variability of Totten Glacier mass loss

@article{Roberts2017OceanFV,
  title={Ocean forced variability of Totten Glacier mass loss},
  author={Jason L Roberts and Benjamin Keith Galton-Fenzi and Fernando S. Paolo and Claire Donnelly and David E. Gwyther and Laurie Padman and Duncan Young and Roland Warner and Jamin Stevens Greenbaum and Helen Amanda Fricker and Antony J. Payne and Stephen L. Cornford and Anne M. Le Brocq and Tas D. van Ommen and Donald D. Blankenship and Martin J. Siegert},
  journal={Special Publications},
  year={2017},
  volume={461},
  pages={175 - 186}
}
Abstract A large volume of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet drains through the Totten Glacier (TG) and is thought to be a potential source of substantial global sea-level rise over the coming centuries. We show that the surface velocity and height of the floating part of the TG, which buttresses the grounded component, have varied substantially over two decades (1989–2011), with variations in surface height strongly anti-correlated with simulated basal melt rates (r = 0.70, p < 0.05). Coupled… Expand
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