Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3613-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3613-2024
Research article
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15 Aug 2024
Research article |  | 15 Aug 2024

A physics-based Antarctic melt detection technique: combining Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2, radiative-transfer modeling, and firn modeling

Marissa E. Dattler, Brooke Medley, and C. Max Stevens

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Hybridized, Physics-Based Melt Detection for 13 Antarctic sites v2 Marissa Dattler et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10529574

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We developed an algorithm based on combining models and satellite observations to identify the presence of surface melt on the Antarctic Ice Sheet. We find that this method works similarly to previous methods by assessing 13 sites and the Larsen C ice shelf. Unlike previous methods, this algorithm is based on physical parameters, and updates to this method could allow the meltwater present on the Antarctic Ice Sheet to be quantified instead of simply detected.