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Estimation of Annual Variation of Ice Extent and Flow Velocity of Campbell Glacier in East Antarctica Using COSMO-SkyMed SAR Images

COSMO-SkyMed SAR 영상을 이용한 동남극 Campbell 빙하의 연간 면적변화 및 유속 추정

  • Han, Hyangsun (Department of Geophysics, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Ji, Younghun (Department of Geophysics, Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, Hoonyol (Department of Geophysics, Kangwon National University)
  • 한향선 (강원대학교 지구물리학과) ;
  • 지영훈 (강원대학교 지구물리학과) ;
  • 이훈열 (강원대학교 지구물리학과)
  • Received : 2013.01.02
  • Accepted : 2013.02.06
  • Published : 2013.02.28
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Abstract

Campbell Glacier in East Antarctica is one of the major glaciers that flow into Terra Nova Bay. It is necessary to estimate accurate extent and flow velocity of Campbell Glacier which influences the dynamics of mass balance of East Antarctic Ice Sheet. However, few studies on Campbell Glacier have been performed since 1990s. In this study, we obtained a total of 59 COSMO-SkyMed SAR images over Campbell Glacier from June 2010 to January 2012. We estimated variations in the extent of Campbell Glacier Tongue and flow velocity of Campbell Glacier by applying the image digitizing and the offset tracking by image matching. Although the extent of Campbell Glacier Tongue decreased in summertime due to ice calving and increased in wintertime, the variation in the extent was very small. Campbell Glacier Tongue retained mean extent of 75.5 $km^2$. The ice discharge of Campbell Glacier Tongue was estimated to be $0.58{\pm}0.12km^3/yr$, which was bigger than in 1989. The flow velocity over Campbell Glacier Tongue was estimated to be from 181 to 268 m/yr that was faster than in 1988-1989, which contributed to the increase in the ice discharge of the glacier.

동남극의 Campbell 빙하는 테라노바 만으로 유출되는 주요한 빙하 중 하나이다. Campbell 빙하는 동남극 빙상의 질량 균형에 영향을 미치고 있기 때문에 정확한 면적 및 흐름속도의 분석이 필요하다. 그러나 Campbell 빙하에 대한 연구는 1990년 이후로 거의 수행되지 않았다. 이 연구에서는 2010년 6월부터 2012년 1월 사이에 Campbell 빙하가 촬영된 59장의 COSMO-SkyMed SAR 영상을 획득하였다. 디지타이징 방법과 영상정합에 의한 변위추적 기법을 적용하여 Campbell Glacier Tongue의 면적과 Campbell 빙하의 흐름속도를 추정하였다. Campbell Glacier Tongue의 면적은 여름철에 얼음의 붕괴로 인해 감소하고 겨울철에 증가하지만 증감의 폭이 크지 않았고, 평균 75.5 $km^2$의 면적을 유지하였다. Campbell Glacier Tongue의 유출량은 $0.58{\pm}0.12km^3/yr$로 추정되었는데, 이는 1989년에 비해 증가한 것이다. Campbell Glacier Tongue의 흐름속도는 181-268 m/yr로서 1988-1989년의 흐름속도에 비해 빠르며, 이는 빙하의 유출량 증가에 영향을 준 것으로 해석되었다.

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