Characteristics, recent evolution, and ongoing retreat of Hunt Fjord Ice Shelf, northern Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Ochwat, Naomi, Scambos, Ted, Fahnestock, Mark, Stammerjohn, Sharon
• Other Authors: U.S. Geological Survey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Hunt Fjord; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.44; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143022000442

Abstract Arctic ice shelves have declined over the past several decades, one of many indications of a rapidly changing cryosphere. Here we use a collection of off-nadir Landsat 8 images, a 1978 digital orthophotograph and photogrammetrically derived DEM, satellite altimetry and other data to examine...