A complete glacier inventory of the Antarctic Peninsula based on Landsat7 images from 2000-2002 and other pre-existing datasets

• Main Authors: Huber, Jacqueline, Cook, Alison J, Paul, Frank, Zemp, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Burton; Greenland; New Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; glacier; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/127496/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/127496/1/2016_Zemp_essd-2016-47.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-127496; https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2016-47

The glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) potentially make a large contribution to sea level rise. However, this contribution has been difficult to estimate, as no complete glacier inventory (outlines, attributes, separation from the ice sheet) has been available. This work fills the gap and pres...