Marsh, O.J. and Rack, W. and Golledge, N.R. and Lawson, W. and Floricioiu, Dana (2014) Grounding-zone ice thickness from InSAR: inverse modelling of tidal elastic bending. Journal of Glaciology, 60 (221), pp. 526-536. Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.3189/2014JoG13J033. ISSN 0022-1430.
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Abstract
Ice-thickness measurements in Antarctic ice-shelf grounding zones are necessary for calculating the mass balance of individual catchments, but remain poorly constrained for most of the continent. We describe a new inverse modelling optimization approach to estimate ice thickness in the grounding zone of Antarctic outlet glaciers and ice shelves using spatial patterns of tide-induced flexure derived from differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR). We demonstrate that the illposedness of the inverse formulation of the elastic-plate equations for bending can be controlled by regularization. In one dimension, the model recreates smooth, synthesized profiles of ice thickness from flexure information to within 1–2%. We test the method in two dimensions and validate it in the grounding zone of Beardmore Glacier, a major outlet glacier in the Transantarctic Mountains, using interferograms created from TerraSAR-X satellite imagery acquired in 2012. We compare our results with historic and modern ice-thickness data (radio-echo sounding from 1967 and ground-penetrating radar from 2010). We match both longitudinal and transverse thickness transects to within 50m root mean-square error using an effective Young’s modulus of 1.4GPa. The highest accuracy is achieved close to the grounded ice boundary, where current estimates of thickness based on surface elevation measurements contain a systematic bias towards thicker ice.
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Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||
Title: | Grounding-zone ice thickness from InSAR: inverse modelling of tidal elastic bending | ||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Glaciology | ||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
DOI : | 10.3189/2014JoG13J033 | ||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 526-536 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-1430 | ||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | Antarctic glaciology, glacier discharge, ice/ocean interactions, remote sensing | ||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | Earth Observation | ||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | R EO - Earth Observation | ||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - Vorhaben hochauflösende Fernerkundungsverfahren (old) | ||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Remote Sensing Technology Institute > SAR Signal Processing | ||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Floricioiu, Dr. Dana | ||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 27 Nov 2014 13:11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2021 20:49 |
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