Using ArcticDEM to Analyse the Dimensions and Dynamics of Debris-Covered Glaciers in Kamchatka, Russia

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Authors: Iestyn D. Barr, Mikhail D. Dokukin, Ioannis Kougkoulos, Stephen J. Livingstone, Harold Lovell, Jakub Małecki, Anton Y. Muraviev
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018
• Subjects: ArcticDEM; glaciers; debris-covered; volcano; volcanic activity; Kluchevskoy; Kamchatka; Geology; QE1-996.5; Kamchatka Peninsula; glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences8060216; https://doaj.org/article/81f5988655e44ffbb25fdead7305ae03

On the Kamchatka Peninsula, a number of glaciers are covered by thick volcanic debris, which makes their margins difficult to delineate from satellite imagery. Fortunately, high resolution, multi-temporal digital surface models (DSMs) covering the entire peninsula have recently become freely availab...