B46 Iceberg calves from Pine Island Glacier

Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 22 October 2018 at 04:11:41 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 28 October 2018 at 04:10:59 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 03 November 2018 at 04:11:41 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR EW acquired on 09 November 2018 at 04:10:59 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Polar, climate, coastal, iceberg, cryosphere, lead, sea ice, glacier, Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, Antarctic Ocean
Fig. 1 - S1 EW (22.10.2018) - hh polarisation with colour map - Pine Island Bay, snow & open sea show in dark blue, rough ice in red.
Fig. 2 - South-east of fig.1, zoom in on Pine Island glacier. Last year, the 267 km² B44 had already calved.
Fig. 3 - 28.10.2018 - The 300 km² B46 iceberg was to calve hours later, it soon broke into smaller pieces.
Fig. 4 - 03.11.2018 - Pine Island Glacier loses 41 billion tons of ice each year. It causes sea levels to rise 1mm every 8 years.