Spatiotemporal change analysis for snowmelt over the Antarctic ice shelves using scatterometers

• Published in: Frontiers in Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Alvarinho J. Luis, Mahfooz Alam, Shridhar D. Jawak
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: antarctic ice shelves; surface melt; active remote sensing; scatterometer; air temperature; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Fimbul Ice Shelf; Index Point; Shackleton; Shackleton Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; West Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.953733; https://doaj.org/article/bdf9057a3bd2498ebd458e4fca311f04

Using Scatterometer-based backscatter data, the spatial and temporal melt dynamics of Antarctic ice shelves were tracked from 2000 to 2018. We constructed melt onset and duration maps for the whole Antarctic ice shelves using a pixel-based, adaptive threshold approach based on backscatter during the...