Automatically Extracted Antarctic Coastline Using Remotely-Sensed Data: An Update

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Yining Yu, Zhilun Zhang, Mohammed Shokr, Fengming Hui, Xiao Cheng, Zhaohui Chi, Petra Heil, Zhuoqi Chen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic coastline; coastline extraction; remote sensing; Canny algorithms; ice shelves; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; Wilkins; Wilkins Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11161844

The temporal and spatial variability of the Antarctic coastline is a clear indicator of change in extent and mass balance of ice sheets and shelves. In this study, the Canny edge detector was utilized to automatically extract high-resolution information of the Antarctic coastline for 2005, 2010, and...