This dataset provides blue ice areas detected using Landsat ETM+ and MODIS satellite data. Areas and perimetres of each blue-ice polygon are included in the attribute, which was calculated by the Quantarctica project.

References: Hui, F.M., T.Y. Ci, X. Cheng, T.A. Scambos, Y. Liu, Y.M. Zhang, Z.H. Chi, H.B. Huang, X.W. Wang, F. Wang, C. Zhao and Z.Y. Jin 2014. Mapping blue ice areas in Antarctica using ETM+ and MODIS data. Annals of Glaciology, 55(66): 129-137.

Editors
Glaciology

Catherine Ritz
catherine.ritz@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Anne LeBrocq
A.LeBrocq@exeter.ac.uk