Multi-year evaluation of airborne geodetic surveys to estimate seasonal mass balance, Columbia and Rocky Mountains, Canada

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: B. M. Pelto, B. Menounos, S. J. Marshall
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: geo; envir; British Columbia; Canada; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1709-2019; https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/1709/2019/tc-13-1709-2019.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/27e02f8ad05b44a3854ad24d9f885205

Seasonal measurements of glacier mass balance provide insight into the relation between climate forcing and glacier change. To evaluate the feasibility of using remotely sensed methods to assess seasonal balance, we completed tandem airborne laser scanning (ALS) surveys and field-based glaciological...