A new glacier inventory for the European Alps from Landsat TM scenes of 2003: challenges and results

• Main Authors: Paul, F, Frey, H, Le Bris, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2011
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; New Glacier; Annals of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/53429/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/53429/1/2011_PaulF_a59A054.pdf; http://www.igsoc.org/annals/v52/59/a59A054.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-53429; https://doi.org/10.3189/172756411799096295

Meltwater from glaciers in the European Alps plays an important role in hydropower production, and future glacier development is thus of economic interest. However, an up-to-date and alpine-wide inventory for accurate assessment of glacier changes or modelling of future glacier development has not h...