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标题：Temporal changes in crevasses in the middle Slessor Glacier, Coats Land, East Antarctica through SAR data analysis
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作者：Katsuaki Koike ; Hiroaki Yoshida ; Makoto Omura 等
期刊名称：Earth, Planets and Space
电子版ISSN：1880-5981
出版年度：2012
卷号：64
期号：3
页码：257-267
DOI：10.5047/eps.2011.10.003
出版社：Springer Verlag
摘要：Mosaic processing of SAR images by ERS 1/2 AMI revealed the detailed topography within a large valley (middle Slessor Glacier) in Coats Land, East Antarctica, showing oval and feather-shaped features that correspond to precipitous cliffs and accumulated crevasses, respectively.Time-series analysis of SAR intensity images acquired on six dates within the period October 1991 to August 2000 revealed the following topographic changes over time: (1) the feather-shaped feature moved down the slope at a rate of about 100 m/year; and (2) the extent of crevasse areas increased with time, both at the northern end of the feather-shaped feature and at the northeastern tip of the oval feature, with the increasing rates being much larger in the case of the feather-shaped feature.High increase ratios were generally correlated with a rapid increase in wintertime temperature within a short period of about 2 weeks: the relationship was approximated by an exponential function.Furthermore, we interpreted that the occurrence of a fault in the subglacial topography may have led to the initiation of ice fractures and a subsequent concentration of crevasses at the end of the feather-shaped feature.
关键词：ERS SAR ;intensity image ;interferometry ;glacier ;topography ;temperature ;tensile stress