Contribution of the Patagonia Icefields of South America to Sea Level Rise

Rignot, Eric; Rivera, Andrés; Casassa, Gino

doi:10.1126/science.1087393

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Contribution of the Patagonia Icefields of South America to Sea Level Rise

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Digital elevation models of the Northern and Southern Patagonia Icefields of South America generated from the 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission were compared with earlier cartography to estimate the volume change of the largest 63 glaciers. During the period 1968/1975-2000, these glaciers lost ice at a rate equivalent to a sea level rise of 0.042 +/- 0.002 millimeters per year. In the more recent years 1995-2000, average ice thinning rates have more than doubled to an equivalent sea level rise of 0.105 +/- 0.011 millimeters per year. The glaciers are thinning more quickly than can be explained by warmer air temperatures and decreased precipitation, and their contribution to sea level per unit area is larger than that of Alaska glaciers.

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Recent mass balance measurements consistently show an increasing ice loss from ∼15 Gt yr−1 between ∼1940-2000 to ∼25 Gt yr−1 between ∼2000-2012.
“Recent mass balance measurements in the Patagonian Icefields -e.g. the Shuttle-Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) or Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) -often present discrepancies but consistently show an increasing ice loss from ∼ 15 Gt yr -1 between ∼ 1940-2000 to ∼ 25 Gt yr -1 between ∼ 2000-2012 (Aniya, 1996;Aniya et al., 1997;Rignot et al., 2003;Chen et al., 2007;Ivins et al., 2011”
From Fast uplift in the southern Patagonian Andes due to long- and short-term deglaciation and the asthenospheric window underneath (2024) · cites this paper as Rignot et al., 2003
GNSS, SRTM, and GRACE data, constraining the net ice mass balance only during the last few decades, still show some discrepancies.
“GNSS, SRTM, and GRACE data, constraining the net ice mass balance only during the last few decades, still showing some discrepancies”
From Fast uplift in the southern Patagonian Andes due to long- and short-term deglaciation and the asthenospheric window underneath (2024) · cites this paper as Rignot et al., 2003

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Authors: Rignot, E., Rivera, A., & Casassa, G.
Affiliations: California Institute of Technology (US)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, MS 300–227, Pasadena, CA 91109–8099, USA.
Corresponding author: Rignot, Eric
ORCID: Rignot, Eric
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2003-10-17
Volume: 302
Issue: 5644
Pages: 434-437
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1087393
OpenAlex: W2046332655
Cited by: 496
References: 20
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FWCI: 13.66
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
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Topics: Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Cryospheric studies and observations
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Oceanography › Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
Keywords: glacier mass balance, sea level rise, glacier volume change, digital elevation model, SRTM, Southern Patagonia Icefield

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