Landsat TM image maps of the Shirase and Siple Coast ice streams, West Antarctica

Annals of Glaciology
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Abstract

Fifteen 1: 250000 and one 1: 1000 000 scale Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) image mosaic maps are currently being produced of the West Antarctic ice streams on the Shirase and Siple Coasts. Landsat TM images were acquired between 1984 and 1990 in an area bounded approximately by 78°-82.5°S and 120°- 160° W. Landsat TM bands 2, 3 and 4 were combined to produce a single band, thereby maximizing data content and improving the signal-to-noise ratio. The summed single band was processed with a combination of high- and low-pass filters to remove longitudinal striping and normalize solar elevation-angle effects. The images were mosaicked and transformed to a Lambert conformal conic projection using a cubic-convolution algorithm. The projection transformation was controled with ten weighted geodetic ground-control points and internal image-to-image pass points with annotation of major glaciological features. The image maps are being published in two formats: conventional printed map sheets and on a CD-ROM.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Landsat TM image maps of the Shirase and Siple Coast ice streams, West Antarctica
Series title Annals of Glaciology
DOI 10.3189/172756494794587087
Volume 20
Year Published 1994
Language English
Publisher International Glaciological Society
Contributing office(s) Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Description 6 p.
First page 407
Last page 412
Other Geospatial Ross Sea
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