Remote sensing of subglacial bedforms from the British Ice Sheet using an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS): Problems and Potential.

• Main Author: CLAYTON, ALEXANDER,IAN
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Glacial; Bedforms; Remote sensing; UAV; UAS; British Ice Sheet; Drumlin; Pams; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5907/; http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5907/1/MScR_Thesis_AClayton.pdf

Photogrammetry can be applied to the results of UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) based photographic surveys to produce high resolution DEMs (Digital Elevation Models) of small areas (c. 1 km2). However, this method has not been widely used in academia due to photogrammetric programmes working poorly wi...