Quad-Polarimetric Multi-Scale Analysis of Icebergs in ALOS-2 SAR Data: A Comparison between Icebergs in West and East Greenland [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2020 Icebergs are ocean hazards which require extensive monitoring. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites can help with this, however, SAR backscattering is strongly influenced by the properties of icebergs, together with meteorological and environmental ...
Johnson Bailey, Armando Marino
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Historical occurrence of Antarctic icebergs within mercantile shipping routes and the exceptional events of the 1890s [PDF]
Journal of Glaciology, 2023 A major consideration for maritime activity in the Southern Hemisphere is the northern limit of icebergs, or the Southern Ocean Limit Of Known Ice (SOLOKI).
Robert Keith Headland +2 more
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Towing icebergs to arid regions to reduce water scarcity [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Expanding agriculture, rising global population, and shifts in climate are placing increasing demands on existing water resources, especially in regions currently experiencing extreme drought. Finding new and reliable water sources is an urgent challenge.
Alan Condron
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Quantifying dissolution rates of Antarctic icebergs in open water [PDF]
Annals of Glaciology, 2023 At any one time 130 000 icebergs are afloat in the Southern Ocean; 97% of these are too small to be registered in current satellite-based databases, yet the melting of these small icebergs provides a major input to the Southern Ocean. We use a unique set
Olav Orheim +3 more
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Evaluating the accuracy of unmanned aerial systems to quantify glacial ice habitats of harbor seals in Alaska [PDF]
Ecosphere, 2022 Long‐term monitoring programs to evaluate climate‐driven changes to tidewater glaciers, an important habitat for harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in Alaska, are primarily carried out by costly, weather‐dependent aerial surveys from fixed‐winged aircraft ...
Courtney Pegus +3 more
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Mapping the extent of giant Antarctic icebergs with deep learning [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2023 Icebergs release cold, fresh meltwater and terrigenous nutrients as they drift and melt, influencing the local ocean properties, encouraging sea ice formation and biological production. To locate and quantify the fresh water flux from Antarctic icebergs,
A. Braakmann-Folgmann +5 more
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LANDFAST ICEBERG HEIGHT RETRIEVAL AND EVALUATION BASED ON REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES IN ANTARCTICA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2022 Icebergs are one of the important components of Antarctic ice loss, and their spatial distribution and volume changes have a profound impact on ocean circulation, sea ice formation, freshwater balance and carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean, and ship ...
L. Wang +6 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2022 This article presents a model study of the dynamics of icebergs and surface floats in the Labrador Sea. The model was forced with data on the wind above the ocean surface, surface waves, and ocean currents. These data were obtained from the reanalysis of
Jamseena Parayil +2 more
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Representing icebergs in the iLOVECLIM model (version 1.0) – a sensitivity study [PDF]
Geoscientific Model Development, 2015 Recent modelling studies have indicated that icebergs play an active role in the climate system as they interact with the ocean and the atmosphere. The icebergs' impact is due to their slowly released meltwater, which freshens and cools the ocean and ...
M. Bügelmayer, D. M. Roche, H. Renssen
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Comparison of Target Detectors to Identify Icebergs in Quad-Polarimetric L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Data [PDF]
, 2021 Icebergs represent hazards to ships and maritime activities and therefore their detection is essential. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites are very useful for this, due to their capability to acquire data under cloud cover and during day and night
Armando Marino +5 more
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