Surface melt and ponding on Larsen C Ice Shelf and the impact of föhn winds

Antarctic Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 625-635

  Luckman, Adrian ^a   Elvidge, Andrew ^b   Jansen, Daniela ^c   Kulessa, Bernd ^a   Kuipers Munneke, Peter ^d   King, John ^e   Barrand, Nicholas E ^f  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Envisat ASAR; hydrofracture; ice shelf stability; melt ponds; orographic flows

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY; ENVISAT; ICE SHELF; MELTING; OPTICAL METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND FORCING;

ANTARCTICA; LARSEN ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84911404640     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102014000339     Document Type: Article

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