Melting on glaciers: environmental controls examined with orbiting radar

• Published in: Hydrological Processes
• Main Authors: Cogley, J. Graham, Ecclestone, M. A., Andersen, D. T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Axel Heiberg Island; Canada; Heiberg; Nunavut; glacier*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.1036; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fhyp.1036; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/hyp.1036

Abstract Direct, in situ measurements of glacier mass balance are expensive. Remote sensing would be an attractive alternative if remotely observable quantities could be interpreted in terms of mass gain or loss. A system developed recently for the analysis of Radarsat browse images is used here to...