Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide
Rock glaciers are landforms related to permafrost creep that are sensitive to climate variability and change. Their spatial distribution and kinematic behaviour can be critical for managing water resources and geohazards in periglacial areas. Rock glaciers have been inventoried for decades worldwide...
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ftoslouniv:oai:www.duo.uio.no:10852/97563 2023-05-15T16:53:52+02:00 Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide ENEngelskEnglishIncorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide Bertone, Aldo Barboux, Chloé Bodin, Xavier Bolch, Tobias Brardinoni, Francesco Caduff, Rafael Christiansen, Hanne H Darrow, Margaret M. Delaloye, Reynald Etzelmüller, Bernd Humlum, Ole Lambiel, Christophe Lilleøren, Karianne Staalesen Mair, Volkmar Pellegrinon, Gabriel Rouyet, Line Ruiz, Lucas Strozzi, Tazio 2022-08-17T09:20:04Z http://hdl.handle.net/10852/97563 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2769-2022 EN eng Copernicus Publications under license by EGU – European Geosciences Union GmbH Bertone, Aldo Barboux, Chloé Bodin, Xavier Bolch, Tobias Brardinoni, Francesco Caduff, Rafael Christiansen, Hanne H Darrow, Margaret M. Delaloye, Reynald Etzelmüller, Bernd Humlum, Ole Lambiel, Christophe Lilleøren, Karianne Staalesen Mair, Volkmar Pellegrinon, Gabriel Rouyet, Line Ruiz, Lucas Strozzi, Tazio . Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide. The Cryosphere. 2022, 16(7), 2769-2792 http://hdl.handle.net/10852/97563 2043682 info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.jtitle=The Cryosphere&rft.volume=16&rft.spage=2769&rft.date=2022 The Cryosphere 16 7 2769 2792 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2769-2022 Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY 1994-0416 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed PublishedVersion 2022 ftoslouniv https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2769-2022 2022-11-16T23:35:58Z Rock glaciers are landforms related to permafrost creep that are sensitive to climate variability and change. Their spatial distribution and kinematic behaviour can be critical for managing water resources and geohazards in periglacial areas. Rock glaciers have been inventoried for decades worldwide, often without assessment of their kinematics. The availability of remote sensing data however makes the inclusion of kinematic information potentially feasible, but requires a common methodology in order to create homogeneous inventories. In this context, the International Permafrost Association (IPA) Action Group on rock glacier inventories and kinematics (2018–2023), with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) Permafrost Climate Change Initiative (CCI) project, is defining standard guidelines for the inclusion of kinematic information within inventories. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of applying common rules proposed by the Action Group in 11 regions worldwide. Spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) was used to characterise identifiable moving areas related to rock glaciers, applying a manual and a semi-automated approach. Subsequently, these areas were used to assign kinematic information to rock glaciers in existing or newly compiled inventories. More than 5000 moving areas and more than 3600 rock glaciers were classified according to their kinematics. The method and the preliminary results were analysed. We identified drawbacks related to the intrinsic limitations of InSAR and to various applied strategies regarding the integration of non-moving rock glaciers in some investigated regions. This is the first internationally coordinated work that incorporates kinematic attributes within rock glacier inventories at a global scale. The results show the value of designing standardised inventorying procedures for periglacial geomorphology. Article in Journal/Newspaper International Permafrost Association permafrost The Cryosphere Universitet i Oslo: Digitale utgivelser ved UiO (DUO) The Cryosphere 16 7 2769 2792 |
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Rock glaciers are landforms related to permafrost creep that are sensitive to climate variability and change. Their spatial distribution and kinematic behaviour can be critical for managing water resources and geohazards in periglacial areas. Rock glaciers have been inventoried for decades worldwide, often without assessment of their kinematics. The availability of remote sensing data however makes the inclusion of kinematic information potentially feasible, but requires a common methodology in order to create homogeneous inventories. In this context, the International Permafrost Association (IPA) Action Group on rock glacier inventories and kinematics (2018–2023), with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) Permafrost Climate Change Initiative (CCI) project, is defining standard guidelines for the inclusion of kinematic information within inventories. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of applying common rules proposed by the Action Group in 11 regions worldwide. Spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) was used to characterise identifiable moving areas related to rock glaciers, applying a manual and a semi-automated approach. Subsequently, these areas were used to assign kinematic information to rock glaciers in existing or newly compiled inventories. More than 5000 moving areas and more than 3600 rock glaciers were classified according to their kinematics. The method and the preliminary results were analysed. We identified drawbacks related to the intrinsic limitations of InSAR and to various applied strategies regarding the integration of non-moving rock glaciers in some investigated regions. This is the first internationally coordinated work that incorporates kinematic attributes within rock glacier inventories at a global scale. The results show the value of designing standardised inventorying procedures for periglacial geomorphology. |
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Bertone, Aldo Barboux, Chloé Bodin, Xavier Bolch, Tobias Brardinoni, Francesco Caduff, Rafael Christiansen, Hanne H Darrow, Margaret M. Delaloye, Reynald Etzelmüller, Bernd Humlum, Ole Lambiel, Christophe Lilleøren, Karianne Staalesen Mair, Volkmar Pellegrinon, Gabriel Rouyet, Line Ruiz, Lucas Strozzi, Tazio |
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Bertone, Aldo Barboux, Chloé Bodin, Xavier Bolch, Tobias Brardinoni, Francesco Caduff, Rafael Christiansen, Hanne H Darrow, Margaret M. Delaloye, Reynald Etzelmüller, Bernd Humlum, Ole Lambiel, Christophe Lilleøren, Karianne Staalesen Mair, Volkmar Pellegrinon, Gabriel Rouyet, Line Ruiz, Lucas Strozzi, Tazio Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide |
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Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide |
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Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide |
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Incorporating InSAR kinematics into rock glacier inventories: insights from 11 regions worldwide |
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