Three Decades of Volume Change of a Small Greenlandic Glacier Using Ground Penetrating Radar, Structure from Motion, and Aerial Photogrammetry

• Published in: Arctic, antarctic, and alpine research Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 411 - 425
• Main Authors: Marcer, M, Stentoft, P. A, Bjerre, E, Cimoli, E, Bjørk, A, Stenseng, L, Machguth, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boulder Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR), University of Colorado 01.08.2017; Taylor & Francis; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: aerial photogrammetry; Aerial photography; Alps region; Arctic glaciers; Arctic region; Coastal environments; coasts; Digital Elevation Models; Drones; Elevation; geodesy; Glacier mass balance; Glaciers; Greenland; Ground penetrating radar; Ice; kriging; Kriging interpolation; Photogrammetry; Radar; Snow cover; snowpack; surveys; Switzerland; Thinning; Topography; Greenland; Alps region; Switzerland; Arctic region

Glaciers in the Arctic are losing mass at an increasing rate. Here we use surface topography derived from Structure from Motion (SfM) and ice volume from ground penetrating radar (GPR) to describe the 2014 state of Aqqutikitsoq glacier (2.85 km2) on Greenland's west coast. A photogrammetrically...