Observing Larsen C ice-shelf using ISRO's SCATSAT-1 data

• Published in: Polar Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: SCATSAT-1; Larsen C ice-shelf; Ice-shelf melting; Iceberg A68; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Polar Science
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=15601; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00015496/

ISRO's SCATSAT-1 is a miniature satellite which serves as a continuity mission to the bygone Oceansat-2. Three important parameters from SCATSAT-1 are made available through the Meteorological & Oceanographic Satellite Data Archival Centre (MOSDAC), Space Applications Centre-ISRO. They are the backscattering coefficient (σ0), incidence angle normalized backscattering coefficient or the gamma naught (γ0) and the scatterometer noise-derived brightness temperature (Tb). In this paper, an attempt has been made to use the initially available SCATSAT-1 data in native resolution of 25 km as well as the enhanced resolution at 0.225° to explore the Larsen C ice-shelf, West Antarctica during the recent calving event of 2017. Moreover, a preliminary study on the plausible melt conditions over the shelf is reported.