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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• 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 Publications 2017
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Greenland; Bowdoin; glacier; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-911-2017; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00010369; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00010326/tc-11-911-2017.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/11/911/2017/tc-11-911-2017.pdf

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...