EXTRACTION OF BLUE ICE AREA USING ALBEDO VALUE DERIVED FROM LANDSAT-8 SATELLITE DATA

• Published in: The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
• Main Authors: A. L. Luis, P. H. Pandit, S. D. Jawak
• 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; East Antarctica; Princess Elizabeth Land; Polar Record Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-549-2018; https://doaj.org/article/90a34debe8b1414cbfce71cc193fdd4d

Blue Ice Areas (BIAs) or bare ice areas are zones of glacier where surface mass balance is negative, sublimation forms the major ablation process and surface albedo is relatively small. Exceptionally dry and windy meteorological conditions over Antarctica favor the formation of large areas of net ab...