An approach to derive regional snow lines and glacier mass change from MODIS imagery, western North America

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Shea, J. M., Menounos, B., Moore, R. D., Tennant, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Ela; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-667-2013; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00022976; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00022931/tc-7-667-2013.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/7/667/2013/tc-7-667-2013.pdf

We describe a method to calculate regional snow line elevations and annual equilibrium line altitudes (ELAs) from daily MODIS imagery (MOD02QKM) on large glaciers and icefields in western North America. An automated cluster analysis of the cloud-masked visible and near-infrared bands at 250 m resolu...