Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Magnússon, Eyjólfur, Belart, Joaquín M. C., Pálsson, Finnur, Ágústsson, H., Crochet, P.
• Other Authors: Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ), Institute of Earth Sciences (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2016
• Subjects: Jöklar; Jöklarannsóknir; Loftmyndir; Drangajökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/403; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-159-2016

In this paper we describe how recent high-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) can be used to extract glacier surface DEMs from old aerial photographs and to evaluate the uncertainty of the mass balance record derived from the DEMs. We present a case study for Drangajokull ice cap, NW Iceland....