Global clustering of recent glacier surges from radar backscatter data, 2017–2022

Using global Sentinel-1 radar backscatter data, we systematically map the locations of glaciers with surge-type activity during 2017–22. Patterns of pronounced increases or decreases in the strongest backscatter between two winter seasons often indicate large changes in glacier crevassing, which we...

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Main Authors: Andreas Kääb, Varvara Bazilova, Paul Willem Leclercq, Erik Schytt Mannerfelt, Tazio Strozzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-10-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143023000357/type/journal_article