Ice velocity of Jakobshavn Isbræ, Petermann Glacier, Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden, and Zachariæ Isstrøm, 2015–2017, from Sentinel 1-a/b SAR imagery

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: A. Lemos, A. Shepherd, M. McMillan, A. E. Hogg, E. Hatton, I. Joughin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Greenland; Jakobshavn Isbræ; Nioghalvfjerdsfjorden; glacier; Ice Sheet; Jakobshavn; Jakobshavn isbræ; Petermann glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2087-2018; https://doaj.org/article/91ab8cdbc941489d82a282ec44be2f54

Systematically monitoring Greenland's outlet glaciers is central to understanding the timescales over which their flow and sea level contributions evolve. In this study we use data from the new Sentinel-1a/b satellite constellation to generate 187 velocity maps, covering four key outlet glacier...