Remote Sensing of Antarctic Glacier and Ice-Shelf Front Dynamics - A Review

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Baumhoer, Celia, Dietz, Andreas, Dech, Stefan, Künzer, Claudia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 2018
• Subjects: Landoberfläche; Leitungsbereich DFD; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Dronning Maud Land; Victoria Land; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/121634/; https://elib.dlr.de/121634/1/remotesensing-10-01445.pdf; http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/9/1445/htm

The contribution of Antarctica's ice sheet to global sea-level rise depends on the very dynamic behavior of glaciers and ice shelves. One important parameter of ice-sheet dynamics is the location of glacier and ice-shelf fronts. Numerous remote sensing studies on Antarctic glacier and ice-shelf...