SYNOPTIC OBSERVATIONS OF CALVING EVENTS IN ANTARCTICA USING SPACEBORNE IMAGES

• Published in: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
• Main Authors: S. D. Jawak, S. S. Singh, A. J. Luis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: Technology; T; Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TA1-2040; Applied optics. Photonics; TA1501-1820; Knox Coast; Queen Mary Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Astrid Coast; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Princess Astrid Coast
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-531-2018; https://doaj.org/article/88e3785feebf4217a1dbc2d9ca2ba624

Iceberg calving is the detachment of ice from ice shelves or glaciers. Although calving is a natural phenomenon, an abnormal rate of calving can be a threat to ice shelves. Some of the events were so large, that an iceberg of approximately 150 × 50 km area was calved in a single event. The most rece...