Estimating ice retreat on Greenwich island – Antarctica between 1956 and 2019 using optical and SAR imagery

• Published in: Polar Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Glacier; Antarctica; Remote sensing; Greenwich island; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; Greenwich; Prat; Greenwich Island; Antarc*; Polar Science
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=16016; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00015904/

The Antarctic Peninsula and the adjacent South Shetland Islands show a significant atmospheric warming trend. Increase in air temperature is commonly associated with glacier melting. However, there is a dearth of documentation about the glaciers of Greenwich Island. This study fills a knowledge gap...