A 15-year circum-Antarctic iceberg calving dataset derived from continuous satellite observations

Qi, Mengzhen; Liu, Yan; Liu, Jiping; Cheng, Xiao; Lin, Yijing; Feng, Qiyang; Shen, Qiang; Yu, Zhitong

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4583-2021

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Extreme environment datasets for the three poles

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Data description paper

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24 Sep 2021

Data description paper |

| 24 Sep 2021

A 15-year circum-Antarctic iceberg calving dataset derived from continuous satellite observations

Mengzhen Qi, Yan Liu, Jiping Liu, Xiao Cheng, Yijing Lin, Qiyang Feng, Qiang Shen, and Zhitong Yu

Data sets

Annual Iceberg Calving Dataset of the Antarctic Ice Shelves (2005-2020) Mengzhen Qi, Yan Liu, Xiao Cheng, Fengming Hui, and Zhuoqi Chen https://doi.org/10.11888/Glacio.tpdc.271250

Short summary

A total of 1975 annual calving events larger than 1 km² were detected on the Antarctic ice shelves from August 2005 to August 2020. The average annual calved area was measured as 3549.1 ‬km², and the average calving rate was measured as 770.3 Gt yr^-1. Iceberg calving is most prevalent in West Antarctica, followed by the Antarctic Peninsula and Wilkes Land in East Antarctica. This annual iceberg calving dataset provides consistent and precise calving observations with the longest time coverage.