Glacier recession in Iceland and Austria

• Main Authors: Hall, Dorothy K., Williams, Richard S., Jr., Bayr, Klaus J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: 46; Pasterze; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930028694

It has been possible to measure glacier recession on the basis of Landsat data, in conjunction with comparisons of the magnitude of recession of a glacier margin with in situ measurements at fixed points along the same margin. Attention is presently given to the cases of Vatnajokull ice cap, in Icel...