A Short-Time Repeat TLS Survey to Estimate Rates of Glacier Retreat and Patterns of Forefield Development (Case Study: Scottbreen, SW Svalbard)

• Published in: Resources
• Main Authors: Waldemar Kociuba, Grzegorz Gajek, Łukasz Franczak
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: repeated TLS surveys; DEM of Difference (DoD); sediment budgeting; glacial and postglacial surface features; Svalbard; Scott River; Scottbreen; Wedel Jarlsberg Land; Wedel-Jarlsberg; glacier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/resources10010002

The study presents findings from comparative analyses of high-resolution differential digital elevation models (DEM of Difference—DoD) based on terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) surveys. The research was conducted on the 0.2 km2 Scottbreen valley glacier foreland located in the north-western part of...