GIS-Supported Airfield Selection near Zhongshan Station, East Antarctica, based on Multi-Mission Remote Sensing Data

• Main Authors: Xiangbin Cui, Jiaxin Liu, Yixiang Tian, Sun, Bo, Rongxing Li, Markov, Alexey, Lv, Da, Hai, Gang, Qiao, Gang, Tiantian Feng
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
• Subjects: Medicine; Evolutionary Biology; FOS Biological sciences; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Chemical sciences; Ecology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Zhongshan; Zhongshan Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.9913061.v1; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/GIS-Supported_Airfield_Selection_near_Zhongshan_Station_East_Antarctica_based_on_Multi-Mission_Remote_Sensing_Data/9913061/1

As Antarctica attracts increasing attention in global climate change studies, the demand for field expeditions has increased in recent decades. Aircraft has become the most efficient mode of transportation because of the advantages of short travel times over long distances, access to unreachable loc...