Automated Mapping of Antarctic Supraglacial Lakes Using a Machine Learning Approach

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Mariel Dirscherl, Andreas J. Dietz, Christof Kneisel, Claudia Kuenzer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: Antarctica; Antarctic ice sheet; supraglacial lakes; surface melt; hydrology; ice sheet dynamics; Science; Q; Abbott; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; George VI Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071203; https://doaj.org/article/566334ec2c6b48ea81218b75b8f1012f

Supraglacial lakes can have considerable impact on ice sheet mass balance and global sea-level-rise through ice shelf fracturing and subsequent glacier speedup. In Antarctica, the distribution and temporal development of supraglacial lakes as well as their potential contribution to increased ice mas...