Rapid ASTER imaging facilitates timely assessment of glacier hazards and disasters

Glacier- and permafrost-related hazards increasingly threaten human lives, settlements, and infrastructure in high-mountain regions. Present atmospheric warming particularly affects terrestrial systems where surface and sub-surface ice are involved. Changes in glacier and permafrost equilibrium are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kääb, A, Wessels, R, Haeberli, W, Huggel, C, Kargel, J S, Khalsa, S J S
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union 2003
Subjects:
Institute of Geography
910 Geography & travel
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/63220/
https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/63220/1/K%C3%A4%C3%A4b_etal_2003_rapid_aster.pdf
https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-63220
https://doi.org/10.1029/2003EO130001
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Summary:Glacier- and permafrost-related hazards increasingly threaten human lives, settlements, and infrastructure in high-mountain regions. Present atmospheric warming particularly affects terrestrial systems where surface and sub-surface ice are involved. Changes in glacier and permafrost equilibrium are shifting beyond historical knowledge. Human settlement and activities are extending toward danger zones in the cryospheric system. A number of recent glacier hazards and disasters underscore these trends. Difficult site access and the need for fast data acquisition make satellite remote sensing of crucial importance in high-mountain hazard management and disaster mapping.

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