Iceberg sizes from Antarctic ice shelves

• Other Authors: Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) (hasAssociationWith), Cook, Sue (hasPrincipalInvestigator), IMAS Data Manager (publisher), Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania (UTAS) (hasAssociationWith)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Tasmania, Australia
• Subjects: geoscientificInformation; EARTH SCIENCE | OCEANS | SEA ICE | ICEBERGS; Glaciology; EARTH SCIENCES; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL GEOSCIENCE; Physical Oceanography; OCEANOGRAPHY; Iceberg area; Antarc*; Antarctic; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/iceberg-sizes-antarctic-ice-shelves/1727955; https://doi.org/10.25959/5e41d14444c88

Maintenance and Update Frequency: notPlanned Statement: Icebergs were manually digitized by drawing around the visible edge using GIS software. The resulting polygon was used to calculate a surface area. Within each image only icebergs over a certain size were selected (size dependent on image resolution) and only icebergs that could be easily distinguished from sea ice floes were used. This is a collection of iceberg surface areas digitized by hand from a range of satellite images. The data may be useful for classifying ice shelf behaviour.