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

• Main Authors: Jouvet, Guillaume, Weidmann, Yvo, Seguinot, Julien, Funk, Martin, Abe, Takahiro, Sakakibara, Daiki, Seddik, Hakime, Sugiyama, Shin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2017
• Subjects: Bowdoin; Greenland; glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/130614; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000130614

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...