Foreword |
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Acknowledgments |
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Author biography |
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Preface: Remote sensing of glaciers - glaciological research using remote sensing |
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Abbreviations |
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1 Principles of remote sensing |
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1.2 Electromagnetic radiation |
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1.3 What properties of EMR can be measured? |
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1.4.2 Spectral resolution |
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1.4.3 Radiometric resolution |
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1.4.4 Temporal resolution |
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1.5 How are electromagnetic measurements converted into information about glaciers? |
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9 | (1) |
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1.6 Passive remote sensing systems |
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10 | (1) |
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1.6.2 Visible/near infrared scanners |
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1.6.3 Thermal infrared scanners |
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14 | (1) |
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1.7 Active remote sensing systems |
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1.7.1 Laser scanner (LiDAR) |
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1.7.2 Ground-penetrating radar |
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1.7.3 Synthetic Aperture Radar |
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1.8 How are data obtained? What do they cost? |
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2 The formation and dynamics of glaciers |
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2.1 Introduction: How do glaciers form? |
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2.2 The climate of today's glacier environment |
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2.3 Accumulation and the formation of ice |
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2.4 Energy balance and ablation |
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2.5 Mass balance: Definitions and key parameters |
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2.7 Methods of mass balance determination |
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2.7.1 The geodetic method |
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2.7.2 The direct glaciological method |
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2.7.3 The dynamic (balance) velocity method |
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2.7.4 The hydrological method |
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2.8 Debris cover and moraines |
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3 Glacier parameters monitored using remote sensing |
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3.2 Glaciers in the world |
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3.3 Reflectance and albedo |
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3.4 Surface temperature and surface melting |
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3.5 Glacier zones and mass balance |
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3.5.2 Glacier mass balance |
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55 | (1) |
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3.8 Bed topography and glacier volume |
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4 The early history of remote sensing of glaciers |
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4.2 Early glacier observations |
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4.3 The scientific approach |
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4.3.1 Glacier mapping from point observations |
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4.4 The dawn of photogrammetry |
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4.5 The golden age of terrestrial glacier mapping |
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4.6 The aerial perspective and the step into a new age |
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5 Physics of glacier remote sensing |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (8) |
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5.2.1 Formation of glaciers |
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5.2.2 Glacier surface layer: snow |
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5.2.3 Glacier surface layer: ice |
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5.3 Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with ice and snow |
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5.3.2 Optical and near infrared signals |
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5.3.3 Thermal infrared signals |
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5.4 Potential uses for remote sensing of glaciers |
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6 Terrestrial photogrammetry in glacier studies |
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6.1 The early days of terrestrial photogrammetry |
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6.2 The new era or digital terrestrial photogrammetry |
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6.3 Glacier DEMs from terrestrial close-range photographs: Case study of Hintereisferner |
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6.3.1 The glacier surface as an object for terrestrial photography |
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6.3.2 The setting and equipment |
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6.3.3 Orientations and DEM production |
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6.3.4 Digital elevation models generated from terrestrial photogrammetry |
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6.4 Prospects for terrestrial photogrammetry |
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7 Aerial photogrammetry in glacier studies |
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7.2 Interpretation and mapping |
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7.3 Generation of digital terrain models |
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7.3.1 Analogue and analytical photogrammetry |
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7.3.2 Digital photogrammetry of frame imagery |
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7.3.3 Digital photogrammetry of airborne pushbroom imagery |
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7.4 Errors of photogrammetric DEMs |
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7.4.3 Error detection and DEM evaluation |
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7.5 Vertical DEM differences |
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7.6 Lateral terrain displacements |
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7.6.1 Analogue and analytical photogrammetry |
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7.6.2 Digital image matching |
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8 Optical remote sensing of glacier extent |
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8.2 Glacier mapping and satellite sensor characteristics |
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140 | (5) |
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8.3.1 Threshold ratio images |
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149 | (1) |
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9 SAR imaging of glaciers |
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153 | (26) |
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154 | (3) |
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9.3.1 InSAR for DEM generation |
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9.3.2 InSAR for surface displacement measurement |
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9.3.3 Error contributions in InSAR observed surface displacements |
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9.3.4 Phase noise estimation |
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9.3.5 Decorrelation sources |
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9.4 SAR backscatter from snow and ice |
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9.4.1 Backscatter modelling |
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9.4.2 First order solution |
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9.5 SAR glacier flow velocity measurements |
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9.5.2 Feature tracking velocity |
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9.5.3 Speckle/coherence tracking velocity |
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9.5.4 SAR glacier velocity summary |
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9.7 SAR glacier facies detection |
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174 | (5) |
10 Airborne laser scanning in glacier studies |
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10.1 Measurement principles and resulting data sets |
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179 | (3) |
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10.2 Previous use of airborne laser scanning in glaciological studies |
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10.3 The airborne laser scanner data sets in the OMEGA project |
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10.4 Application of airborne laser scanning data in glacier studies |
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10.4.1 Surface elevation change |
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10.4.2 Derivation of glacier velocities |
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10.4.3 Surface roughness values as input for energy balance modelling |
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10.4.4 Glacier surface classification |
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10.4.5 Automatic glacier delineation and crevasse detection |
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11 Ground-penetrating radar in glaciological applications |
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11.2 Radio-wave propagation in glacier ice |
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11.3.1 An overview of radar systems used in glaciology |
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11.3.2 Radar system elements |
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11.3.3 Detection and resolution |
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11.4 Operating radars on glaciers |
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203 | (4) |
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11.5 Processing techniques |
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11.6 Internal structure and ice properties |
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209 | (7) |
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11.6.2 Density, water content, hydrological aspects |
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216 | (1) |
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11.6.4 Englacial channels |
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216 | (1) |
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11.7.1 Ice thickness and bedrock topography |
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218 | (1) |
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11.7.2 Conditions at the glacier bed |
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11.8 Estimating ice volume and bed topography from ice thickness data |
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11.8.1 Procedure for constructing glacier surface, ice thickness and bed topography maps and for estimating ice volume |
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11.9 Error in ice thickness |
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11.9.1 Vertical resolution of radar data |
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11.9.2 Error in thickness due to error in RWV |
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11.9.3 Error in thickness associated with lack of migration |
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11.9.4 Surface interpolation error |
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11.10 Error estimates for ice volume and bed topography computations |
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12 Detection and visualization of glacier area changes |
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12.2 Simple image overlay |
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12.3 Orthorectification of satellite images |
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12.4 GIS-based calculations |
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12.5 Visualisation of glacier change |
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238 | (1) |
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12.6 Recent glacier changes in the Alps |
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13 Detection of distortions in digital elevation models: simultaneous data acquisition at Hintereisferner glacier |
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13.3 Simultaneous data acquisition |
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13.4.1 Correction of differences in georeferencing |
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13.4.2 Detection of distortions |
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13.5.1 Accuracy against ground truth data |
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13.5.2 Uncertainties due to different reference coordinate systems |
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13.5.3 Mean and RMS differences in elevation between DEMs |
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14 Accuracy aspects in topographical change detection of glacier surface |
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14.3 Methods for detecting and measuring changes |
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14.3.1 Change in elevation |
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14.4.1 Aerial photography and laser scanner DEMs over Svartisheibreen |
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14.4.2 Sequence of laser scanner DEMs over Hintereisferner |
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15 The role of remote sensing in worldwide glacier monitoring |
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15.2 The global hierarchical observing strategy |
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15.3 The role of remote sensing |
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15.4 Global Land Ice Measurements from Space project and other projects |
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16 Conclusions |
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Copyrights for figures |
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301 | (2) |
Authors |
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303 | (4) |
Reviewers |
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307 | (2) |
Subject index |
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309 | (6) |
Colour plates |
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