TY - JOUR
T1 - Context for the recent massive Petermann Glacier calving event
AU - Falkner, Kelly K.
AU - Melling, Humfrey
AU - Münchow, Andreas M.
AU - Box, Jason E.
AU - Wohlleben, Trudy
AU - Johnson, Helen L.
AU - Gudmandsen, Preben
AU - Samelson, Roger
AU - Copland, Luke
AU - Steffen, Konrad
AU - Rignot, Eric
AU - Higgins, Anthony K.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - On 4 August 2010, about one fifth of the floating ice tongue of Petermann Glacier (also known as "Petermann Gletscher") in northwestern Greenland calved (Figure 1). The resulting "ice island" had an area approximately 4 times that of Manhattan Island (about 253±17 square kilometers). The ice island garnered much attention from the media, politicians, and the public, who raised concerns about downstream implications for shipping, offshore oil and gas operations, and possible connections to Arctic and global warming. Does this event signal a change in the glacier's dynamics? Or can it be characterized as part of the glacier's natural variability? Understanding the known historical context of this event allows scientists and the public to judge its significance.
AB - On 4 August 2010, about one fifth of the floating ice tongue of Petermann Glacier (also known as "Petermann Gletscher") in northwestern Greenland calved (Figure 1). The resulting "ice island" had an area approximately 4 times that of Manhattan Island (about 253±17 square kilometers). The ice island garnered much attention from the media, politicians, and the public, who raised concerns about downstream implications for shipping, offshore oil and gas operations, and possible connections to Arctic and global warming. Does this event signal a change in the glacier's dynamics? Or can it be characterized as part of the glacier's natural variability? Understanding the known historical context of this event allows scientists and the public to judge its significance.
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U2 - 10.1029/2011EO140001
DO - 10.1029/2011EO140001
M3 - Article
SN - 2324-9250
VL - 92
SP - 117
EP - 119
JO - EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union
JF - EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union
IS - 14
ER -