Semi-Automatic Mapping of Tidal Cracks in the Fast Ice Region near Zhongshan Station in East Antarctica Using Landsat-8 OLI Imagery

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Fengming Hui, Xinqing Li, Tiancheng Zhao, Mohammed Shokr, Petra Heil, Jiechen Zhao, Yan Liu, Shunlin Liang, Xiao Cheng
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2016
• Subjects: tidal cracks; remote sensing; fast ice; Landsat-8 OLI; East Antarctica; Zhongshan; Zhongshan Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8030242

Tidal cracks are linear features that appear parallel to coastlines in fast ice regions due to the actions of periodic and non-periodic sea level oscillations. They can influence energy and heat exchange between the ocean, ice, and atmosphere, as well as human activities. In this paper, the LINE mod...