Combining UAV and Landsat data to assess glacier changes on the central Tibetan Plateau
Abstract In recent years, researchers have focused on the applications of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) in environmental remote sensing tasks. However, studies on glacier monitoring using UAV technology are relatively scarce, especially for high mountain glacier monitoring. To explore the feasibil...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/jog.2021.37 2024-09-15T18:15:38+00:00 Combining UAV and Landsat data to assess glacier changes on the central Tibetan Plateau Xue, Yuang Jing, Zhefan Kang, Shichang He, Xiaobo Li, Chenyu 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.37 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S002214302100037X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Journal of Glaciology volume 67, issue 265, page 862-874 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 journal-article 2021 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.37 2024-08-21T04:03:44Z Abstract In recent years, researchers have focused on the applications of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) in environmental remote sensing tasks. However, studies on glacier monitoring using UAV technology are relatively scarce, especially for high mountain glacier monitoring. To explore the feasibility of UAV technology for high mountain glaciers, four UAV surveys were deployed on two glaciers of the central Tibetan Plateau. Based on the images retrieved by UAV in 2017 and 2019, orthomosaics and digital elevation models were produced to quantify the length, area and elevation changes in the ablation zone of these two glaciers at different times. Additionally, we utilized several Landsat scenes to derive glacier changes over the last 30 years and combined these with the UAV data to assess the advantages and disadvantages of UAV technology in mountain glacier monitoring. Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Journal of Glaciology 1 13 |
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Abstract In recent years, researchers have focused on the applications of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) in environmental remote sensing tasks. However, studies on glacier monitoring using UAV technology are relatively scarce, especially for high mountain glacier monitoring. To explore the feasibility of UAV technology for high mountain glaciers, four UAV surveys were deployed on two glaciers of the central Tibetan Plateau. Based on the images retrieved by UAV in 2017 and 2019, orthomosaics and digital elevation models were produced to quantify the length, area and elevation changes in the ablation zone of these two glaciers at different times. Additionally, we utilized several Landsat scenes to derive glacier changes over the last 30 years and combined these with the UAV data to assess the advantages and disadvantages of UAV technology in mountain glacier monitoring. |
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Xue, Yuang Jing, Zhefan Kang, Shichang He, Xiaobo Li, Chenyu |
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Xue, Yuang Jing, Zhefan Kang, Shichang He, Xiaobo Li, Chenyu Combining UAV and Landsat data to assess glacier changes on the central Tibetan Plateau |
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Xue, Yuang Jing, Zhefan Kang, Shichang He, Xiaobo Li, Chenyu |
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Combining UAV and Landsat data to assess glacier changes on the central Tibetan Plateau |
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Combining UAV and Landsat data to assess glacier changes on the central Tibetan Plateau |
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Combining UAV and Landsat data to assess glacier changes on the central Tibetan Plateau |
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Combining UAV and Landsat data to assess glacier changes on the central Tibetan Plateau |
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Combining UAV and Landsat data to assess glacier changes on the central Tibetan Plateau |
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combining uav and landsat data to assess glacier changes on the central tibetan plateau |
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Journal of Glaciology volume 67, issue 265, page 862-874 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 |
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