Automatically extracted Antarctic coastline using remotely-sensed data: an update

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Yu, Y, Zhang, Z, Shokr, M, Hui, F, Cheng, X, Chi, Z, Heil, P, Chen, Z
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPIAG 2019
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Other earth sciences; Other earth sciences not elsewhere classified; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; Wilkins; Wilkins Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11161844; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/137627

The temporal and spatial variability of the Antarctic coastline is a clear indicator of change in extent and mass balance of ice sheets and shelves. In this study, the Canny edge detector was utilized to automatically extract high-resolution information of the Antarctic coastline for 2005, 2010, and...