Surface velocity fields, digital elevation models and ice front positions derived from multi-mission SAR remote sensing data at Sjögren Inlet glaciers, Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Seehaus, Thorsten, Marinsek, Sebastián, Skvarca, Pedro, van Wessem, Jan Melchior, Tijm-Reijmer, Carleen H, Seco, José, Braun, Matthias Holger
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula; MULT; Multiple investigations; Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; Sjögren; SPP1158; Arctic; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Prince Gustav Channel; Prince Gustav Ice Shelf; Boydell; Sjögren Inlet; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.859255; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.859255

Substantial retreat or disintegration of numerous ice shelves have been observed on the Antarctic Peninsula. The ice shelf in the Prince Gustav Channel retreated gradually since the late 1980's and broke-up in 1995. Tributary glaciers reacted with speed-up, surface lowering and increased ice di...