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: E. Magnússon, J. Muñoz-Cobo Belart, F. Pálsson, H. Ágústsson, P. Crochet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2016
• Subjects: geo; envir; Drangajökull; glacier; Ice cap; Iceland; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-159-2016; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/10/159/2016/tc-10-159-2016.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/dfd7e9f387d240aea89244eee2285c59

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 Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland....