Semi-automated open water iceberg detection from Landsat applied to Disko Bay, West Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: JESSICA SCHEICK, ELLYN M. ENDERLIN, GORDON HAMILTON
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
• Subjects: calving; icebergs; ice-ocean interactions; remote sensing; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Kujalleq; Disko Bay; glacier; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Journal of Glaciology; Sermeq Kujalleq
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.23; https://doaj.org/article/04b5ac93665245e3be5b79b1b1e515c4

Changes in Greenland's marine-terminating outlet glaciers have led to changes in the flux of icebergs into Greenland's coastal waters, yet icebergs remain a relatively understudied component of the ice-ocean system. We developed a simple iceberg delineation algorithm for Landsat imagery. A...