Using UAV acquired photography and structure from motion techniques for studying glacier landforms: application to the glacial flutes at Isfallsglaciären

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 877-888

  Ely, Jeremy C ^a   Graham, Conor ^b   Barr, Iestyn D ^b   Rea, Brice R ^c   Spagnolo, Matteo ^c   Evans, Jeff ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DEM; glacial flutes; glacial geomorphology; structure from motion; UAV

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CRASHWORTHINESS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SURVEYING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WEATHER MODIFICATION;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL FLUTES; GLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL LANDFORMS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; ICE-SHEET RETREAT; POLYTHERMAL GLACIERS; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION;

GEOMORPHOLOGY;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AIRCRAFT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER; ORTHOPHOTO; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

LAPLAND [EURASIA]; SWEDEN;

EID: 84988564500     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.4044     Document Type: Article

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