Measuring glacier surface roughness using plot-scale, close-range digital photogrammetry

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 223, 2014, Pages 957-969

  Irvine Fynn, Tristram D L ^a   Sanz Ablanedo, Enoc ^b   Rutter, Nick ^c   Smith, Mark W ^d   Chandler, Jim H ^e  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied glaciology; Energy balance; Glaciological instruments and methods; Snow ice surface processes; Surface melt

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ARCTIC; MIDRE LOVENBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84918806244     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG14J032     Document Type: Article

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