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Automatic delineation of cracks with Sentinel-1 interferometry for monitoring ice shelf damage and calving
Ludivine Libert
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
ENVEO IT GmbH, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
Jan Wuite
ENVEO IT GmbH, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
Thomas Nagler
ENVEO IT GmbH, Innsbruck, 6020, Austria
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Short summary
Open fractures are important to monitor because they weaken the ice shelf structure. We propose a novel approach using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry for automatic delineation of ice shelf cracks. The method is applied to Sentinel-1 images of Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and the propagation of the North Rift, which led to iceberg calving in February 2021, is traced. It is also shown that SAR interferometry is more sensitive to rifting than SAR backscatter and optical imagery.
Open fractures are important to monitor because they weaken the ice shelf structure. We propose...
