Long-term analysis of sea ice drift in the western Ross sea, Antarctica, at high and low spatial resolution

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Farooq U, Rack W, McDonald A, Howell S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: sea ice; motion tracking; Envisat ASAR; Polar Pathfinder; NSIDC; Western Ross Sea; Synthetic Aperture Radar; COSI-Corr; 0203 Classical Physics; 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; 0909 Geomatic Engineering; Fields of Research::37 - Earth sciences::3709 - Physical geography and environmental geoscience::370901 - Geomorphology and earth surface processes; Fields of Research::40 - Engineering::4013 - Geomatic engineering::401304 - Photogrammetry and remote sensing; Asar; Canada; McMurdo Sound; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Terra Nova Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10092/101462; https://doi.org/10.3390/RS12091402

© 2020 by the authors. The Ross Sea region, including three main polynya areas in McMurdo Sound, Terra Nova Bay, and in front of the Ross Ice Shelf, has experienced a significant increase in sea ice extent in the first four decades of satellite observations. Here, we use Co-Registration of Optically...