UAV photogrammetry and structure from motion to assess calving dynamics at Store Glacier, a large outlet draining the Greenland ice sheet

Cryosphere

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Ryan, J C ^a   Hubbard, A L ^b   Box, J E ^c   Todd, J ^d   Christoffersen, P ^d   Carr, J R ^a   Holt, T O ^a   Snooke, N ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CREVASSE; DISCHARGE; ICE SHEET; RESOLUTION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; STORE GLACIER;

EID: 84920823057     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-9-1-2015     Document Type: Article

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