Antarctic grounding zone characteristics from CryoSat-2

• Main Authors: Dawson, Geoffrey J., Bamber, Jonathan L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Carlson Inlet; Dronning Maud Land; Evans Ice Stream; Ronne Ice Shelf; Ross Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; The Sentinel; Antarc*; Antarctica; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-196; https://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/tc-2019-196/

We present the results of mapping the limit of 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 41 % of the grounding zone of the larger floating ice shelves and...