Semi-automatic mapping of tidal cracks in the fast ice region near Zhongshan Station in East Antarctica using Landsat-8 OLI imagery

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Hui, F, Li, X, Zhao, T, Shokr, M, Heil, P, Zhao, J, Liu, Y, Liang, S, Cheng, X
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPIAG 2016
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Glaciology; East Antarctica; Zhongshan; Zhongshan Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8030242; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/113756

Tidal cracks are linear features that appear parallel to coastlines in fast ice regions due to the actions of periodic and non-periodic sea level oscillations. They can influence energy and heat exchange between the ocean, ice, and atmosphere, as well as human activities. In this paper, the LINE mod...