Sentences with phrase «indicated ice discharge»
Landsat 7 and 8 imagery from 2013 through 2015, when compared to earlier estimates based on synthetic aperture radar, indicated ice discharge of 1,932 ± 38 gigatons per year — an increase of 35 ± 15 gigatons per year since roughly 2008.
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New data indicate that substantial areas throughout westernmost Canada were ice free prior to 12.5 ka and some as early as 14.0 ka, with implications for climate dynamics and the timing of meltwater discharge to the Pacific and Arctic oceans.
The data indicated that large glaciers can alter their ice discharge at timescales less than a decade, much faster than previously thought (Joughin et al. 2004).