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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4253-2020
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Research article
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27 Nov 2020
Research article |
| 27 Nov 2020
| 27 Nov 2020
Using ICESat-2 and Operation IceBridge altimetry for supraglacial lake depth retrievals
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Mark Flanner
Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Kelly M. Brunt
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Helen Amanda Fricker
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA
Alex Gardner
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Short summary
Ice on glaciers and ice sheets may melt and pond on ice surfaces in summer months. Detection and observation of these meltwater ponds is important for understanding glaciers and ice sheets, and satellite imagery has been used in previous work. However, image-based methods struggle with deep water, so we used data from the Ice, Clouds, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) and the Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) to demonstrate the potential for lidar depth monitoring.
Ice on glaciers and ice sheets may melt and pond on ice surfaces in summer months. Detection and...
