Satellite remote sensing of supraglacial lakes in East Antarctica

• Main Author: ARTHUR, JENNIFER
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: supraglacial lakes; Antarctic; remote sensing; surface hydrology; ice shelves; mass balance; climate; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctica; Shackleton; Shackleton Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Voyeykov Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/14543/; http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/14543/1/Jennifer_Arthur_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Developing accurate projections of ice-sheet responses to climate change remains a key scientific challenge. Understanding the controls on the distribution and evolution of surface meltwater around the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) and its impacts on ice dynamics is critical for improving model predicti...