Measuring the location and width of the Antarctic grounding zone using CryoSat-2

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: G. J. Dawson, J. L. Bamber
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Dronning Maud Land; Amundsen Sea; Ross Ice Shelf; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf; The Sentinel; Evans Ice Stream; Doake Ice Rumples; Support Force Glacier; Carlson Inlet; Antarc*; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2071-2020; https://doaj.org/article/5a5fd3b4af2b40f09a2b0753fc47fa47

We present the results of mapping the limit of the tidal flexure (point F) and hydrostatic equilibrium (point H) of the grounding zone of Antarctic ice shelves from CryoSat-2 standard and swath elevation data. Overall we were able to map 31 % of the grounding zone of the Antarctic floating ice shelv...