GLAcier Feature Tracking testkit (GLAFT): a statistically and physically based framework for evaluating glacier velocity products derived from optical satellite image feature tracking

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Zheng, Whyjay, Bhushan, Shashank, Van Wyk De Vries, Maximillian, Kochtitzky, William, Shean, David, Copland, Luke, Dow, Christine, Jones-Ivey, Renette, Pérez, Fernando
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Yukon; Canada; Kaskawulsh Glacier; glacier*; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4063-2023; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00068908; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00067317/tc-17-4063-2023.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/4063/2023/tc-17-4063-2023.pdf

Glacier velocity measurements are essential to understand ice flow mechanics, monitor natural hazards, and make accurate projections of future sea-level rise. Despite these important applications, the method most commonly used to derive glacier velocity maps, feature tracking, relies on empirical pa...