Rignot, Eric; Bamber, Jonathan L; van den Broeke, Michiel R; Davis, Curt; Li, Yonghong; van de Berg, Willem Jan; van Meijgaard, Erik (2008): (Table 2) Mass balance of different sectors in Antarctica in 1996 and 2006 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.819270, In supplement to: Rignot, E et al. (2008): Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling. Nature Geoscience, 1(2), 106-110, https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo102
Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.
Coverage:
Latitude: -90.000000 * Longitude: 0.000000
Comment:
Mass balance (net) calculated as input (accumulation) minus outflow (discharge). Net+: mass balance scaled on the basis of total area versus area surveyed.
Parameter(s):
# | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Time coverage | Coverage | Rignot, Eric | |||
2 | Sector | Sector | Rignot, Eric | |||
3 | Glacier discharge | Glac dis | 1012 kg/a | Rignot, Eric | ||
4 | Standard deviation | Std dev | ± | Rignot, Eric | Glac disc | |
5 | Mass balance | MB | Gt/a | Rignot, Eric | net | |
6 | Standard deviation | Std dev | ± | Rignot, Eric | Mass bal | |
7 | Mass balance | MB | Gt/a | Rignot, Eric | net+ | |
8 | Standard deviation | Std dev | ± | Rignot, Eric | Mass bal+ |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
80 data points
Data
1 Coverage | 2 Sector | 3 Glac dis [1012 kg/a] | 4 Std dev [±] (Glac disc) | 5 MB [Gt/a] (net) | 6 Std dev [±] (Mass bal) | 7 MB [Gt/a] (net+) | 8 Std dev [±] (Mass bal+) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | GH Pine Is. Thwaites | 215 | 3 | -39 | 25 | -41 | 27 |
2006 | GH Pine Is. Thwaites | 261 | 4 | -85 | 26 | -90 | 27 |
1996 | West Antarctica | 654 | 22 | -66 | 53 | -83 | 59 |
2006 | West Antarctica | 700 | 23 | -112 | 54 | -132 | 60 |
1996 | II'' Graham Land | 20 | 3 | -5 | 6 | -12 | 7 |
2006 | II'' Graham Land | 49 | 3 | -34 | 6 | -47 | 9 |
1996 | Peninsula | 107 | 8 | -13 | 23 | -25 | 45 |
2006 | Peninsula | 136 | 10 | -42 | 24 | -60 | 46 |
1996 | Antarctica | 1546 | 30 | -78 | 78 | -112 | 91 |
2006 | Antarctica | 1621 | 32 | -153 | 78 | -196 | 92 |