Mapping Basal Melt Under the Shackleton Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, From CryoSat-2 Radar Altimetry

• Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Qi Liang, Chunxia Zhou, Lei Zheng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2021
• Subjects: Altimetry; basal melt rate; CryoSat-2; ice shelf; Lagrangian framework; Ocean engineering; TC1501-1800; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; East Antarctica; Shackleton; Shackleton Ice Shelf; Denman Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3077359; https://doaj.org/article/9052912fd17c45fcad3692ba19ba34d9

Ice shelvesbuttress the fast-flowing glaciers draining ice sheets, so changes in the ice shelves may alter the buttressing effect and the discharge of grounded ice, therefore influencing sea level. Basal melting of the ice shelves would reduce their ability to restrain the discharge of grounded ice...