Initiation of a major calving event on the Bowdoin Glacier captured by UAV photogrammetry

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: G. Jouvet, Y. Weidmann, J. Seguinot, M. Funk, T. Abe, D. Sakakibara, H. Seddik, S. Sugiyama
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2017
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Bowdoin; Greenland; glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-911-2017; https://doaj.org/article/f37831b16f2b4df38ce85648ba5761b1

In this paper, we analyse the calving activity of the Bowdoin Glacier, north-western Greenland, in 2015 by combining satellite images, UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) photogrammetry and ice flow modelling. In particular, a high-resolution displacement field is inferred from UAV orthoimages taken immed...