Mapping Antarctic crevasses and their evolution with deep learning applied to satellite radar imagery

Abstract m spatial resolution and showing the distribution of crevasses around the majority of the ice sheet margin. We develop a method of quantifying changes to the density of ice shelf fractures using a time series of crevasse maps and show increases in crevassing on Thwaites and Pine Island ice shelves over the observational period, with observed changes elsewhere in the Amundsen Sea dominated by the advection of existing crevasses. Using stress fields computed using the BISICLES ice sheet model, we show that much of this structural change has occurred in buttressing regions of these ice shelves, indicating a recent and ongoing link between fracturing and the developing dynamics of the Amundsen Sea sector.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Mapping Antarctic crevasses and their evolution with deep learning applied to satellite radar imagery ; volume:17 ; number:10 ; year:2023 ; pages:4421-4445 ; extent:25 ; The Cryosphere ; 17, Heft 10 (2023), 4421-4445 (gesamt 25)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Surawy-Stepney, Trystan ; Hogg, Anna E. ; Cornford, Stephen L. ; Hogg, David C.

Further information

• DOI: 10.5194/tc-17-4421-2023
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023102604340123457776
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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