The potential of synthetic aperture radar interferometry for assessing meltwater lake dynamics on Antarctic ice shelves

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: W. Li, S. Lhermitte, P. López-Dekker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Amery; Roi Baudouin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; polar night; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5309-2021; https://doaj.org/article/30ca15328dcb469fba33eb6e4d7ebe79

Surface meltwater drains on several Antarctic ice shelves, resulting in surface and sub-surface lakes that are potentially critical for the ice shelf collapse. Despite these phenomena, our understanding and assessment of the drainage and refreezing of these lakes is limited, mainly due to lack of fi...