Observing Larsen C ice-shelf using ISRO's SCATSAT-1 data

ISRO's SCATSAT-1 is a miniature satellite which serves as a continuity mission to the bygone Oceansat-2. Three important parameters from SCATSAT-1 are made available through the Meteorological & Oceanographic Satellite Data Archival Centre (MOSDAC), Space Applications Centre-ISRO. They are the backscattering coefficient (σ0), incidence angle normalized backscattering coefficient or the gamma naught (γ0) and the scatterometer noise-derived brightness temperature (Tb). In this paper, an attempt has been made to use the initially available SCATSAT-1 data in native resolution of 25 km as well as the enhanced resolution at 0.225° to explore the Larsen C ice-shelf, West Antarctica during the recent calving event of 2017. Moreover, a preliminary study on the plausible melt conditions over the shelf is reported.