Satellite Radar Interferometry for Monitoring Ice Sheet Motion: Application to an Antarctic Ice Stream

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Goldstein, Richard M., Engelhardt, Hermann, Kamb, Barclay, Frolich, Richard M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1993
• Subjects: Antarctic; Rutford; Rutford Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.262.5139.1525; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.262.5139.1525

Satellite radar interferometry (SRI) provides a sensitive means of monitoring the flow velocities and grounding-line positions of ice streams, which are indicators of response of the ice sheets to climatic change or internal instability. The detection limit is about 1.5 millimeters for vertical moti...