Analysis of ablation areas in Antarctica through remote sensing

• Main Author: Traversa, Giacomo
• Other Authors: TALARICO, FRANCO MARIA
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Università degli Studi di Siena 2023
• Subjects: Settore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica e Geomorfologia; Sastrugi; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11365/1231614; https://doi.org/10.25434/traversa-giacomo_phd2023

The PhD thesis intends to study and map those areas in Antarctica involved in surficial ablation processes linked to the wind action (wind-scouring phenomenon, i.e., erosion and sublimation of snow and ice for the effect of katabatic winds). In fact, Antarctica shows a meanly positive mass balance a...