Characteristics, recent evolution, and ongoing retreat of Hunt Fjord Ice Shelf, northern Greenland

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Naomi Ochwat, Ted Scambos, Mark Fahnestock, Sharon Stammerjohn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2023
• Subjects: Arctic glaciology; calving; ice shelves; ice-shelf break-up; remote sensing; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Arctic; Greenland; Hunt Fjord; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.44; https://doaj.org/article/94aab07f77d04a4e936582a734b99733

Arctic ice shelves have declined over the past several decades, one of many indications of a rapidly changing cryosphere. Here we use a collection of off-nadir Landsat 8 images, a 1978 digital orthophotograph and photogrammetrically derived DEM, satellite altimetry and other data to examine the caus...