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Changes in Antarctic Ice-Shelf Margins between 1997 and 2019 using Sentinel and Radarsat Data


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1 Physics Department, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
2 Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
 

We have monitored the changes that have occurred over nine Antarctic ice shelves between 1997 and 2019 using Sentinel-1 and RADARSAT-1 images of Antarctica using change detection technique. The net loss of Antarctic ice shelves during the period was about 14,723 sq. km in surface area, corresponding to 1.21% area of ice shelves. The Ross and Filchner–Ronne ice shelves retreated significantly in terms of total area, while shelves in that Antarctic Peninsula, namely Wilkins and Larsen C retreated drastically in terms of percentage change.

Keywords

Climate Change, Change Detection, Satellite, Ice-shelf Calving, Remote Sensing.
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Authors

Esha Shah
Physics Department, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
P. Jayaprasad
Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
M. E. James
Physics Department, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
Deepak Putrevu
Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Arundhati Misra
Space Applications Centre (ISRO), Ahmedabad 380 015, India

Abstract


We have monitored the changes that have occurred over nine Antarctic ice shelves between 1997 and 2019 using Sentinel-1 and RADARSAT-1 images of Antarctica using change detection technique. The net loss of Antarctic ice shelves during the period was about 14,723 sq. km in surface area, corresponding to 1.21% area of ice shelves. The Ross and Filchner–Ronne ice shelves retreated significantly in terms of total area, while shelves in that Antarctic Peninsula, namely Wilkins and Larsen C retreated drastically in terms of percentage change.

Keywords


Climate Change, Change Detection, Satellite, Ice-shelf Calving, Remote Sensing.



DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv119%2Fi10%2F1633-1640