Surface melt and the importance of water flow – an analysis based on high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data for an Arctic glacier

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Bash, Eleanor A., Moorman, Brian J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Nunavut; Fountain Glacier; albedo; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-549-2020; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00050671; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00050329/tc-14-549-2020.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/549/2020/tc-14-549-2020.pdf

Models of glacier surface melt are commonly used in studies of glacier mass balance and runoff; however, with limited data available, most models are validated based on ablation stakes and data from automatic weather stations (AWSs). The technological advances of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and...