Calculating the surface melt rate of Antarctic glaciers using satellite-derived temperatures and stream flows

• Published in: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
• Main Authors: Brabyn, Lars, Stichbury, Glen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2020
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Antarctic glaciers; Landsat; Land surface temperature; Melt rate; MODIS; Taylor Valley; Energy balance; Meltwater; Climate; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice; Ice Shelf; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/13762; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08396-x

Melt rate models are fundamental for understanding the impacts of climate change on glaciers and the subsequent effects on habitats and sea level rise. Ice melt models have mostly been derived from energy balance or air temperature index calculations. This research demonstrates that satellite-derive...