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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2018.34.3.9

Grounding Line of Campbell Glacier in Ross Sea Derived from High-Resolution Digital Elevation Model  

Kim, Seung Hee (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
Kim, Duk-jin (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University)
Kim, Hyun-Cheol (Unit of Arctic Sea-Ice Prediction, Korea Polar Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.34, no.3, 2018 , pp. 545-552 More about this Journal
Abstract
Grounding line is used as evidence of the mass balance showing the vulnerability of Antarctic glaciers and ice shelves. In this research, we utilized a high resolution digital elevation model of glacier surface derived by recently launched satellites to estimate the position of grounding line of Campbell Glacier in East Antarctica. TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X data in single-pass interferometry mode were acquired on June 21, 2013 and September 10, 2016 and CryoSat-2 radar altimeter data were acquired within 15 days from the acquisition date of TanDEM-X. The datasets were combined to generate a high resolution digital elevation model which was used to estimate the grounding line position. During the 3 years of observation, there weren't any significant changes in grounding line position. Since the average density of ice used in estimating grounding line is not accurately known, the variations of the grounding line was analyzed with respect to the density of ice. There was a spatial difference from the grounding line estimated by DDInSAR whereas the estimated grounding line using the characteristics of the surface of the optical satellite images agreed well when the ice column density was about $880kg/m^3$. Although the reliability of the results depends on the vertical accuracy of the bathymetry in this study, the hydrostatic ice thickness has greater influence on the grounding line estimation.
Keywords
Campbell Glacier; TanDEM-X; TerraSAR-X; CryoSat-2; interferometry; Digital elevation model; Grounding line; BEDMAP2; Ice column density;
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