An improved automated method to detect landfast ice edge off Zhongshan Station using SAR imagery

• Published in: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Li, X, Ouyang, L, Hui, F, Cheng, X, Shokr, M, Heil, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2018
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Hydrogeology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Zhongshan; Zhongshan Station; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2882602; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/131912

Landfast ice is an important component of the Antarctic sea ice. Its edge generally advances offshore to its annual maximum extent by mid-winter before retreating later in spring. This study presents an automated method to detect the seaward landfast ice edge (SLIE) at its maximum extent in the begi...