Geomorphic impact and rapid subsequent recovery from the 1996 Skeióarársandur jökulhlaup, Iceland, measured with multi-year airborne lidar

• Main Authors: Smith, Laurence C., Sheng, Yongwei, Magilligan, Francis J., Smith, Norman D., Gomez, Basil, Mertes, Leal A. K., Krabill, William B., Garvin, James B.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2006
• Subjects: Iceland; Skeiðarársandur; Vatnajökull; Jökulhlaup; Flood; Erosion; Lidar; DEM; Remote sensing; Earth Sciences; Skeiðará; glacier; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/geosciencefacpub/50; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/geosciencefacpub/article/1049/viewcontent/Smith_GEOMORPHOLOGY_2006_Geormorphic_impact__NASA.pdf

The November 1996 jökulhlaup that burst from the Vatnajökull ice cap onto Skeiðarársandur was the highest-magnitude flood ever measured on the largest active glacial outwash plain (sandur). Centimeter-scale elevation transects, measured from repeat-pass airborne laser altimetry missions flown in 199...