Spatial variability and regional trends of Antarctic ice shelf surface melt duration over 1979–2020 derived from passive microwave data

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Johnson, Andrew, Hock, Regine, Fahnestock, Mark
• Other Authors: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Dronning Maud Land; West Antarctica; Bellingshausen Sea; Ross Ice Shelf; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.112; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002214302100112X

Abstract Passive microwave satellite observations are used to identify the presence of surface meltwater across Antarctica at daily intervals from July 1979 to June 2020, with a focus on ice shelves. Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves have the highest number of annual days of melt, with a maximum of 89...