Aside from the images posted to http://ice.ssec.wisc.edu/textonly/icebergtext.html, you could check the National Ice Center. They are tasked with operationally monitoring icebergs around the world. You can reach them at: (www.natice.noaa.gov) Where can I find out more about the Ross Ice Shelf?
“The Recent Advance of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica” by S. Jacobs, D. MacAyeal and J. Ardai, Journal of Glaciology, Vol 32, No. 112, page 464-474. This paper suggests that from 1965 to 1985, “calving” from the Ross Ice Shelf was abnormally low (to nonexistent)… what we’re seeing now might be the event which “makes up for” the quite times of the late 1900’s.
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- Aside from the images posted to http://ice.ssec.wisc.edu/textonly/icebergtext.html, you could check the National Ice Center. They are tasked with operationally monitoring icebergs around the world. You can reach them at: (www.natice.noaa.gov) Where can I find out more about the Ross Ice Shelf?
- What determines the sticking probability of water molecules on ice?
- do 3D reconstructed images provide additional value?
