Measuring the location and width of the Antarctic grounding zone using CryoSat-2

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Dawson, Geoffrey J., Bamber, Jonathan L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Dronning Maud Land; Amundsen Sea; Ross Ice Shelf; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; The Sentinel; Evans Ice Stream; Doake Ice Rumples; Support Force Glacier; Carlson Inlet; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2071-2020; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/2071/2020/

We present the results of mapping the limit of the tidal flexure (point F) and hydrostatic equilibrium (point H) of the grounding zone of Antarctic ice shelves from CryoSat-2 standard and swath elevation data. Overall we were able to map 31 % of the grounding zone of the Antarctic floating ice shelv...