A high-resolution Antarctic grounding zone product from ICESat-2 laser altimetry

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: Li, Tian, Dawson, Geoffrey J, Chuter, Stephen J, Bamber, Jonathan L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; National Snow and Ice Data Center; Ronne Ice Shelf; Ross Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-535-2022

The Antarctic grounding zone, which is the transition between the fully grounded ice sheet to freely floating ice shelf, plays a critical role in ice sheet stability, mass budget calculations, and ice sheet model projections. It is therefore important to continuously monitor its location and migrati...