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Monitoring ice-calving at the Astrolabe glacier (Antarctica) with seismological and Sentinel-2 satellite data

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Better understanding the global (e.g. ice mass balance, ice motion) and local (e.g. fissures and calving processes, basal melting, sea-ice interactions) dynamics of tidewater Antarctic outlet glaciers is of paramount importance to simulate the ice-sheet response to global warming. The Astrolable glacier is located in Terre Adélie (140°E, 67°S) near the Dumont d'Urville French research station. Recently, a large fissure of around 3km has been observed in the western shore of the glacier which could lead to a calving of ca. 28km2. We used two monitoring techniques: optical remote sensing and seismology to analyze changes in the activity of the glacier. We computed the surface velocity and strain rates from time series of multispectral Sentinel-2 imagery. The joint analysis of the seismological data and the velocity and strain maps are discussed with the recent evolution of the ice-shelf. The strain maps show complex patterns of extension and compression areas with a seasonal increase during the summer months. The number of calving events significantly increased during 2016-2021 in comparison with the period 2012-2016.
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hal-03442663 , version 1 (23-11-2021)

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Floriane Provost, Jean-Philippe Malet, Dimitri Zigone, Emmanuel Le Meur, Clément Hibert. Monitoring ice-calving at the Astrolabe glacier (Antarctica) with seismological and Sentinel-2 satellite data. 5èmes Rencontres Scientifiques et Techniques Résif, Nov 2021, Obernai (67210), France. ⟨hal-03442663⟩
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