Mapping moraines and glaciers using multispectral imagery and ancillary elevation data : An approach for Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

• Main Author: Teuchert, Jonathan
• Other Authors: Andreas Kaab, Jon-Ove Hagen, Jack Kohler, Doug Benn
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: geomatikk geofysikk fjernmåling terrengklassifikasjon Svalbard breer morener isbreer; VDP::450; Arctic; Brøggerhalvøya; Finnes; Greenland; Norway; Svalbard; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarktis*; Arctic Archipelago; Arktis*; Climate change; glacier; Grønland; Norsk Polarinstitutt; Norwegian Polar Institute; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/12432; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-16021

Abstract This study uses multispectral Landsat satellite imagery and a high resolution Digital Elevation Model based on 1990/95 aerial stereoimagery (Norwegian Polar Institute) to map moraines and glacier terminus positions on the high Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. To accomplish the task,...