Changes in area of Heard Island Glaciers - measured from satellite images, 2012-2016

• Other Authors: DONOGHUE, SHAVAWN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), DONOGHUE, SHAVAWN (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: GLACIERS; EARTH SCIENCE; TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE; GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE/ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE; CLIMATE INDICATORS; CRYOSPHERIC INDICATORS; GLACIAL MEASUREMENTS; GEOEYE-1; REMOTE SENSING; GIS > GeoEye Imaging System; SATELLITES; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN > HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; Antarctic; Big Ben; Brown Glacier; Gotley; Heard; Heard Island; Lied; McDonald Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Australian Antarctic Division; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/changes-area-heard-2012-2016/1821921; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/Heard_Island_glacier_area_change_2012-2016; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

The glaciers on Heard Island have continued to retreat over the past decade. There have been several aerial surveys of the glaciers on Heard Island. The first was in the 1940’s where it was reported that the glacierised area of the island was 288 km2 but by the 1980’s it had decreased to 256 km2 (Ru...