Calving of Fuerza Aérea Glacier (Greenwich Island, Antarctica) observed with terrestrial laser scanning and continuous video monitoring

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: MICHAŁ PĘTLICKI, CHRISTOPHE KINNARD
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic glaciology; calving; glacier monitoring; glaciological instruments and methods; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; Greenwich; Greenwich Island; Fuerza Aérea; Fuerza Aérea Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.72; https://doaj.org/article/c443d71bcd5c4741a85cc6f0746ddc98

A short-term series of quantitative observations of calving activity of Fuerza Aérea Glacier (Greenwich Island, the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) was conducted in order to test new methods of monitoring calving. The volume of single calving events was quantified by combining terrestrial laser...