Glacier Retreat in Iceland Mapped from Space: Time Series Analysis of Geodata from 1941 to 2018

• Published in: PFG – Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science
• Main Authors: Hauser, Sarah, Schmitt, Andreas
• Other Authors: Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Instrumentation; Geography, Planning and Development; Ela; Greenland; Langjökull; Vatnajökull; Antarc*; Antarctica; glacier; Hofsjökull; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41064-021-00139-y; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s41064-021-00139-y.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41064-021-00139-y/fulltext.html

Abstract In recent decades, glaciers outside Greenland and Antarctica have shown increasingly rapid rates of mass loss and retreat of the ice front, which is associated with climatic and oceanic warming. Due to their maritime location, Icelandic glaciers are sensitive to short-term climate fluctuati...