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Global Land Ice Measurements from Space

Publisher: Springer-Praxis Books, Subseries: Geophysical Sciences

ISBN: 978-3-540-79817-0

Editors: Jeffrey S. Kargel, Gregory J. Leonard, Michael P. Bishop,
Andreas Kääb, and Bruce H. Raup

CONTENTS  

 

Dedication

Preface
(Hugh H. Kieffer)

Prologue
(Jeffrey S. Kargel)

Acknowledgements

 

Part I   Glacier
Monitoring and Fundamentals of Glacier Remote Sensing 

            (or Glacier
Monitoring and Satellite Remote Sensing of Glaciers)

 

1   
Introduction: Global
Glacier Monitoring – a Long-Term Task Integrating In-Situ Observations and 

Remote Sensing (Michael Zemp, Richard
Armstrong, Isabelle Gärtner-Roer, Wilfried Haeberli, Martin Hoelzle, Andreas Kääb,
Jeffrey S. Kargel, Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Gregory J. Leonard, Frank Paul,
Bruce H. Raup)

            1.1    Why this Book?

            1.2    Perennial
Surface-Ice on Land

                       1.2.1      Definitions

                       1.2.2      Global Coverage

            1.3    Glaciers
and Climate

                       1.3.1      Formation of Glaciers and their Dynamical
Controls

                       1.3.2      Glacier Reactions to Climate Change, and Response
Times

                       1.3.3      Reporting Glacier Change Rates       

            1.4    International
Glacier Monitoring

                       1.4.1      History
of the International Glacier Monitoring in the 19th and 20th
Century

                       1.4.2      The Global Terrestrial Network for
Glaciers (GTN-G)

                       1.4.3      Available
Data Sets

                       1.4.4      Challenges of the 21st Century

            1.5    Glacier Observations from Space

                       1.5.1      Satellite Observations in GTN-G

                       1.5.2      Possible Applications

                       1.5.3      Challenges

            1.6    Integrative Glacier Change Assessments

            1.7    Synopsis and Organization of the Book

            1.8    Conclusions

            Acknowledgements

            References

 

2    Theoretical Foundations of
Remote Sensing for Glacier Assessment and Mapping (Michael P. Bishop, Andrew
B.G. Bush, Roberto Furfaro, Alan R. Gillespie, Dorothy K. Hall, Umesh K. Haritashya,
and John F. Shroder Jr.)

            2.1    Introduction

            2.2    Radiation-Transfer Cascade

                       2.2.1      Solar Irradiance

                       2.2.2      Surface Irradiance

                                         2.2.2.1      Direct Solar Spectral Irradiance

                                         2.2.2.2      Diffuse-Skylight Spectral Irradiance

                                         2.2.2.3      Adjacent-Terrain Spectral Irradiance

                       2.2.3      Surface Reflectance

                                         2.2.3.1      Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution
Function and Albedo

                       2.2.4      Surface Emission

            2.3    Surface-Energy Interactions

                       2.3.1      Snow

                       2.3.2      Glaciers

                       2.3.3      Water

            2.4    Complications

            2.5    Space-Based Information Extraction

                       2.5.1      Snow Cover

                       2.5.2      Ice Sheets

                       2.5.3      Alpine Glacier Mapping

                       2.5.4      Debris-Covered Glaciers

                       2.5.5      Snow Line and ELA

                       2.5.6      Ice-Flow Velocities 

            2.6    Numerical Modeling

                       2.6.1      Climate Modeling

                       2.6.2      Energy-Balance Modeling

                                         2.6.2.1      Net Radiation

                                         2.6.2.2      Turbulent Heat Fluxes

                                         2.6.2.3      Ground Heat

                       2.6.3      Glacier Mass-Balance Modeling

            2.7    Conclusions

            2.8    Appendices

                       2.8.1      Notation

            Acknowledgements

            References

 

3    Radiative Transfer Modeling in the
Cryosphere (R. Furfaro, A. Preveti, P. Picca, J.
S. Kargel, and M. P. Bishop)

            3.1    Introduction

            3.2 Radiative Transfer Modeling of Glacier Surfaces and
Lakes

                       3.2.1 RT Modeling Approach for Glacier
Surfaces

                       3.2.2 Radiative Transfer Equation in Layered
Mixtures of Snow, Ice, and Debris

                       3.2.3 Radiative-Transfer Equation in Glacier
Lake Waters

            3.3 Optical properties of snow, ice, debris, mixtures,
and glacier lake water

                       3.3.1 Snow

                       3.3.2 Glacier ice

                       3.3.3
Rock Debris

                       3.3.4
Mixtures

                       3.3.5
Glacier Lake Water

            3.4 Numerical
Solution of the RTE

            3.5 Glacier
Radiative-Transfer Simulation Examples

            3.6 Conclusions

            References

 

4    Glacier Mapping and Monitoring Using Multi-Spectral Data (Andreas
Kääb, Tobias Bolch, Kimberly Casey, Torborg Heid, Jeffrey Kargel, Gregory Leonard,
Frank Paul, Bruce Raup)

            4.1    Introduction

            4.2    Image Preprocessing

                       4.2.1      Radiometric Calibration

                       4.2.2      Geometric Preprocessing

            4.3    Multi-Spectral Methods

                       4.3.1      Spectral Reflectance of Glacier Surfaces

                                         4.3.1.1      Snow

                                         4.3.1.2      Ice

                                         4.3.1.3      Rock

                                         4.3.1.4      Water

                                         4.3.1.5      Vegetation

                       4.3.2      Image Classification Approaches

                                         4.3.2.1      Hard and Soft Classification

                                         4.3.2.2      Manual, Supervised and Unsupervised Classification

                                         4.3.2.3      Parametric and Non-Parametric
Classification

                                         4.3.2.4      Spatial and Spectral Segmentation

                                         4.3.2.5      Sub-Pixel Classification

                                         4.3.2.6      Combinations and Others

                       4.3.3      Image Processing Techniques

                                         4.3.3.1      Manual Delineation

                                         4.3.3.2      False-Color Composites

                                         4.3.3.3      Calculation of Reflectance

                                         4.3.3.4      Spectral Transforms

                                         4.3.3.5      Image Algebra and Segmentation

                                         4.3.3.6      Unsupervised Classification

                                         4.3.3.7      Supervised Classification

                                         4.3.3.8      Artificial Neural Networks

                                         4.3.3.9      Combinations

                       4.3.4      Post-Processing and GIS Workflow

            4.4    Mapping Debris-Covered Ice

            4.5    Thermal Imaging

            4.6    Microwave/SAR Methods

            4.7    Spectral Change Detection and Temporal Data
Merging

                       4.7.1      Overview

                           4.7.2      Image
Change Evaluation by Subtraction of Multispectral Anniversary Pairs 

                                             (ICESMAP)

                                         4.7.2.1      Generalized ICESMAP Processing Steps

            4.8    Ice Flow

                       4.8.1      Image Choice and Preprocessing for Image
Matching

                           4.8.2      Image
Matching Techniques

                       4.8.3      Post-processing and Analysis

                           4.8.4      Accuracy

                           4.8.5      SAR
Offset Tracking and Interferometry

            4.9    Challenges, Conclusions and Perspectives

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

5    Digital
Terrain Modeling and Glacier Topographic Characterization (Duncan J. Quincey, Michael P. Bishop, Andreas
Kääb, Etienne Berthier, Boris Flach, Tobias Bolch,
Manfred Buchroithner, Ulrich Kamp, Siri Jodha Singh Khalsa, Thierry Toutin, Umesh
K. Haritashya, Adina Racoviteanu, John F. Shroder Jr., Bruce H. Raup)

            5.1    Introduction

            5.2    Background

            5.3    Digital Elevation Model Generation

                       5.3.1      Source Data

                       5.3.2      Aerial and Satellite Image Stereoscopy

                       5.3.3      Ground Control Points

                       5.3.4      Software Packages

                       5.3.5      Post Processing (interpolation and
smoothing)

                       5.3.6      Data Fusion

            5.4    DEM Error and Uncertainty

                       5.4.1      Representation of DEM Error and
Uncertainty

                       5.4.2      Type and Origin of Errors

            5.5    Geomorphometry

                       5.5.1      Geomorphometric Land Surface Parameters

                       5.5.2      Scale-Dependent Analysis

                       5.5.3      Topographic Radiation Modeling

                       5.5.4      Altitude Functions

                       5.5.5      Glacier Elevation Changes and Mass-Balance
Calculations

            5.6    Glacier Mapping

                       5.6.1      Pattern Recognition

                       5.6.2      Artificial Intelligence Techniques

                       5.6.3      Object-Oriented Mapping

            5.7    Discussion

            5.8    Conclusions

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

6    ASTER datasets and derived products for global glacier
monitoring (Bhaskar
Ramachandran, John Dwyer, Bruce H. Raup, Jeffrey S. Kargel)

            6.1    Introduction

            6.2. ASTER Data Access and Use Policy


            6.3. ASTER data

                       6.3.1. Performance of
ASTER VNIR, SWIR, and TIR

                                         6.3.1.1.   Доверяй, но проверяй (doveryai, no proveryai;
“Trust, but verify”)

                                         6.3.1.2.
Performance Overview

                                         6.3.2.3.
Radiometric Calibration

                                         6.3.2.4.
Geometric Corrections

                                         6.3.2.5.
Earth Rotation Angle Error

                                         6.3.1.6.
Nutation-related Longitudinal Error

                                         6.3.2.7.
Earth Ellipsoid-related Terrain Error

                                         6.3.2.8.
Loss of SWIR

            6.4. ASTER Data Processing Stream

                       6.4.1. Standard Level-1A
and Level-1B

                       6.4.2.
ASTER Standard Higher-Level Products

                                         6.4.2.1.
Reflectance Suite

                                         6.4.2.2.
Temperature/Emissivity Suite

                                         6.4.2.3.
Detection Versus Full Resolution of Features in VNIR, SWIR, and TIR

                                         6.4.2.4.
Elevation Products

            6.5. ASTER Data for GLIMS: STARs,
DARs, Gain Settings, and Image Seasons

            Acknowledgments

            References

                                         

7    Quality in the GLIMS Glacier Database (B. H.
Raup, S. J. S. Khalsa, R. Armstrong, W. A. Sneed, G. S. Hamilton, F. Paul, F. Cawkwell,
M. J. Beedle, B. Menounos, R. Wheate, H. Rott, S. Liu, X. Li, D. Shangguan, G. Cheng,
J. S. Kargel, C. F. Larsen, B. F. Molnia, J. L. Kincaid, A. Klein, V. Konovalov)

            7.1    Introduction

            7.2    Standard Methods and Tools

            7.3    Accuracy and Precision in Glacier Mapping

            7.4    The Glacier Analysis Comparison Experiments (GLACE)

                       7.4.1      GLACE 1 and GLACE 2

                       7.4.2      GLACE 2A and GLACE 3A (Manual
Digitization)

            7.5    GLACE Results

                       7.5.1      GLACE 1 and GLACE 2

                       7.5.2      GLACE 2A and GLACE 3A

                       7.5.3      Discussion

            7.6    GLIMS Glacier Database and the Data Ingest Process

                       7.6.1      Ingest Quality Control Steps

                       7.6.2      Representation of Measurement Error

                       7.6.3      Derived Parameters in the Database

            7.7    Conclusion

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

Part II  Regional Chapters

 

8    Mapping of Glaciers in Greenland
(Leigh A.
Stearns and Hester Jiskoot)

            8.1    Greenland
Glaciology

                       8.1.1      Ice Sheet Mass Changes

            8.2    Case Study #1: Central East Greenland Margin
Fluctuations and Climate Sensitivity from 

                       a
GLIMS Glacier Inventory and ASTER DEM

                       8.2.1      Introduction

                       8.2.2      Methods

                       8.2.3      Results

            8.3    Case Study #2: A Comparison of High-Rate GPS
and ASTER-Derived Measurements on 

                       Helheim
Glacier

                       8.3.1      Introduction

                       8.3.2      Data

                       8.3.3      Results

                       8.3.4      Discussion and Conclusions

            References

 

9    Remote Sensing of Recent Glacier Changes in the Canadian Arctic (Martin Sharp, David O. Burgess,
Fiona Cawkwell, Luke Copland, James A. Davis, E. K. Dowdeswell, J. A.
Dowdesewell, Alex S. Gardner, Douglas Mair, Libo Wang, Scott N. Williamson, Gabriel
J. Wolken, Faye Wyatt)

            9.1    Introduction

            9.2    Regional Context

                       9.2.1      Geology and Physiography

                       9.2.2      Climate and Recent Climate Trends in the
Canadian Arctic

                       9.2.3      Glacier Characteristics

            9.3    Special Topics: Regional Glacier Mass
Balance and Proxy Indicators

                       9.3.1      Surface Mass Balance and Mass Balance
Changes

                       9.3.2      Summer Melt

                       9.3.3      Ice Flow and Iceberg Calving Fluxes

            9.4    Case Studies

                       9.4.1      Surge-Type Glaciers

                       9.4.2      Northern Ellesmere Island Ice Shelves

            9.5    Regional Synthesis: Recent Changes in
Equilibrium Line Altitude and Glacier Extent

                       9.5.1      Methodology

                       9.5.2      Results

            9.6    Key Issue

                       9.6.1      Changes in Glacier Surface Elevation,
Volume and Mass; Sea Level Contributions

            9.7
Summary and Conclusions

            References

 

10 A Digital Glacier Database for Svalbard (Max König, Christopher Nuth,
Jack Kohler, Geir Moholdt, Rickard Pettersen)

            10.1                   Introduction

            10.2                   Regional Context

            10.3                   Database Structure

            10.4                   Data

                       10.4.1   The Original Topographic Map of Svalbard
(S100) – 1936 / 1966 / 1971

                       10.4.2   The 1990 Photogrammetric Survey

                       10.4.3   The Satellite Dataset

            10.5                   Methodology

                       10.5.1   Creation of Glacier Outlines from
Cartographic Data for the 1936/66/71 Dataset

                       10.5.2   Creation of Outlines from Cartographic Data for
the 1990 Dataset

                       10.5.3   Creation of Outlines from Satellite Data for
the 2001-2010 Dataset

                       10.5.4   Glacier and Snow Patches Smaller than 1 km2            

            10.6                   Results

            10.7                   Conclusions and Future
Perspectives

            Acknowledgements 

            References   

 

11 Glaciers of Kenai Fjords National Park and Katmai National Park and
Preserve, Alaska (Bruce A. Giffen, Dorothy K. Hall, Janet Y. L. Chien)

            11.1                   Introduction

            11.2                   Regional Context

                       11.2.1   Geographic, Topographic, and Environmental
Setting

                       11.2.2   Climate

                       11.2.3   Glacier Characteristics – Kenai Fjords National Park

                       11.2.4   Glacier Characteristics – Katmai National Park
and Preserve

            11.3                   Procedures for Analysis of
Glacier Changes

                       11.3.1   Imagery Classification

                       11.3.2   Complicating Issues

                       11.3.3   Manual Editing

            11.4                   Satellite Imagery
Interpretation Accuracy

            11.5                   Areal Extent – Glacier Ice

                       11.5.1   Kenai Fjords National Park

                       11.5.2   Katmai National Park and Preserve

            11.6                   Terminus Position
Measurements

                       11.6.1   Methodology

                       11.6.2   Kenai Fjords National Park

                       11.6.3   Katmai National Park and Preserve

            11.7                   Discussion and Conclusions

            References

 

12 Glacier Dammed Lakes, Alaska (David F. G. Wolfe, Jeffrey S. Kargel,
Gregory J. Leonard)

            12.1                   Introduction

            12.2
Regional Context

                       12.2.1.
Geographic Setting

                       12.2.2.
Climate

                       12.2.3.
Previous Research

            12.3.
Methods

                       12.3.1.
Horizontal attributes

                       12.3.2.
Mean Glacier Altitude (MGA)

                       12.3.3.
Glacier-Stream Order (complexity)

                       12.3.4.
Glacier Surface Gradient

                       12.3.5.
Damming Glacier Origin and Terminus Types, and Minimum-Maximum Altitudes

                       12.3.6.
Aspect of the Icedam and of the Damming Glacier

            12.4.
Results

                       12.4.1.
Changes Over Time: Lake-Damming Glaciers

                                         12.4.1.1.
Damming Glacier Origin Data

                                         12.4.1.2.
Damming Glacier Termini Data

                                         12.4.1.3.
Damming Glacier Complexity

                                         12.4.1.4.
Damming Glacier Gradient

                       12.4.2.
Changes Over Time: Glacier Dammed Lake Population

                                         12.4.2.1.
Lake Location Along the Damming Glacier Margins: Absolute and 

                                                  Proportional Shifts

                                             12.4.2.2. Lake Hypsography:
Above Sealevel and Below Mean Glacier Altitude (MGA)            

                                         12.4.2.3.
Aspect of Ice Dam Populations

                                         12.4.2.4.
Ice Dam and Lake Type Changes Through Time

                                         12.4.2.5.
Changes in Big Lakes and Some Notable Anecdotes

            12.5
Case study: Iceberg Lake

                       12.5.1.
Overview

                       12.5.2.
Satellite Observations

                       12.5.3.
Field Observations

                       12.5.4.
Satellite-era Hydrology

                       12.5.5.
Possible Causes of Iceberg Lake’s Dynamical Evolution

            12.6.
Discussion and Conclusions

            12.7
Appendices

                       12.7.1.
Study Area Lakes and Locations

                       12.7.2.
Study Area Lake Attributes

                       12.7.3.
Study Area Glacier Properties

            Acknowledgments

            References

            

13 Multispectral
Image Analysis of Glaciers in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska (Jeffrey S. Kargel, Matthew J.
Beedle, Andrew B.G. Bush, Francisco Carreño, Elena Castellanos, Umesh K.
Haritashya, Gregory J. Leonard, Javier Lillo, Ivan Lopez, Mark Pleasants,
Edward Pollack, and David Wolfe)

            13.1                   Introduction

            13.2.
Regional Context

                       13.2.1.
Geological Context

                       13.2.2.
Climatic Context: Descriptive Overview and Down-Scaled Model

                       13.2.3.
Regional Significance of Glaciers in the Chugach/St. Elias Mountains

            13.3.
Case Studies: Glacier Inventorying and Assessment of Glacier Dynamics 

                       13.3.1.
A preliminary Inventory of the Bering-Malaspina Glacier Complex

                                         13.3.1.1.
Towards a Comprehensive Inventory in a Region of Superlatives

                                         13.3.1.2.
Data, Methods, and Errors

                                         13.3.1.3.
Results

                                         13.3.1.4.
Implications/Discussion

                       13.3.2. Glaciers of College Fiord:
Harvard and Yale Glaciers

                                         13.3.2.1.
College Fiord Overview and Data Availability

                                         13.3.2.2.
Retreating Yale Glacier and Advancing Harvard Glacier

                                         13.3.2.3.
DEM Generation and Analysis

                       13.3.3.
Scott Glacier

                       13.3.4.
Glaciers of the Copper River Corridor: Childs, Miles, and Allen Glaciers

                           13.3.4.1.
Calving Glaciers
and Near Damming of the Copper River. 

13.3.4.2.
Miles
Glacier and Glacial Aneurysms, Not Surging, as a Cause of Crenulated Medial Moraines

13.3.4.3. Childs
Glacier: Exemplifying How Difficult it is for a Glacier to Dam a Perennial River

                                         13.3.4.4.
Allen
Glacier: A Century of Decay of a Mighty Piedmont Placier

            13.4.
Conclusions 

            Acknowledgments

            References

 

14 Remote Sensing of Glaciers
in the Canadian Cordillera, Western Canada (Roger
D. Wheate, Etienne Berthier, Tobias Bolch, Brian P. Menounos, Joseph M. Shea, John
J. Clague, Erik Schiefer)

            14.1                   Introduction

            14.2                   Regional
Context

                       14.2.1   Topographic Setting

                       14.2.2   Climate

                       14.2.3   Glacier Distribution and Characteristics

            14.3                   Special
Topics and Case Studies

                       14.3.1   Glacier Hazards

                                         14.3.1.1   Outburst Flood from Queen Bess Lake, 1997
(51.3°N, 124.5°W)

                                         14.2.1.2   Outburst Floods from Summit Lake (56.2°N, 130.0°W)

                                         14.3.1.3   Tulsequah Glacier and its Lakes (58.8°N, 133.8°W)

                                         14.3.1.4   Capricorn Creek Landslide, 2010 (50.6°N, 123.5°W)

                       14.3.2   Glacier Changes

                                         14.3.2.1   Bridge Glacier, Southern Coast Mountains, British
Columbia

                                         14.3.2.2   Dusty and Lowell Glaciers, Yukon

            14.4                   Regional Glacier Inventories
and Synthesis

                       14.4.1   British Columbia and Alberta

                       14.4.2   Yukon

            14.5                   Concluding Remarks

            Acknowledgements

            References                         

 

15 ASTER and DEM Change
Assessment of Glaciers Near Hoodoo Mountain, British Columbia, Canada (Jeffrey S. Kargel, Gregory J. Leonard, Roger Wheate, Benjamin Edwards)

            15.1                   Introduction

            15.2 Geologic and Climatic Context

            15.3                   Special
Topics

                       15.3.1   ASTER Image Differencing

                                         15.3.1.1   2002/2003 Image Pair: A Record of Annual
Changes

                                         15.3.1.2   2003/2010 Image Pair

                       15.3.2   Topographic Differencing of Hoodoo Mountain
and Vicinity: Analysis of 4-Time Series of DEMs

                       15.3.3   Mass Balance of Glaciers in the Hoodoo
Mountain Study Region

                       15.3.4   Ground and Air Photo Assessment of Glacier
Changes on Hoodoo Mountain and Vicinity

                                         15.3.4.1   Twin Glacier

                                         15.3.4.2   Hoodoo Glacier

                                         15.3.4.3   Hoodoo Mountain Ice Cap

                       15.3.5   Glacier and Climate Changes in the Vicinity
of Hoodoo Mountain

                                         15.3.5.1   Climate Records

                                         15.3.5.2   Inferences for Glacier Response Times

                                         15.3.5.3   Figure of Merit for Climate Change and Energy
Requirements to Drive Glacier Thinning

            15.4                   Synthesis
and Conclusions

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

16 Glaciers of the Ragged
Range, Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada (Michael N. Demuth, Philip Wilson, Dana Haggarty)

            16.1                   Introduction

            16.2                   Geographic,
Social, and Climatic Context

            16.3                   Glacier
Inventory and Morphometry

            16.4                   Regional
Synthesis

            16.5                   Recommendations
for Further Work

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

17 Glaciers and Perennial
Snowfields of the U.S. Cordillera (Andrew G. Fountain,
Hassan J. Basagic IV, Charles Cannon, Mark Devisser, Mathew J. Hoffman, Jeffrey
S. Kargel, Gregory J. Leonard, Kristina Thorneycroft, Steve Wilson)

            17.1                   Introduction

            17.2                   Regional
Context

                       17.2.1   Geologic Context

                                         17.2.1.1   The Cascade Range

                                         17.2.1.2   Olympic Mountains

                                         17.2.1.3   Sierra Nevada

                                         17.2.1.4   Rocky Mountains

                       17.2.2   Climatic Context

            17.3                   Methods

            17.4                   Results

                       17.4.1   California

                       17.4.2   Colorado

                       17.4.3   Idaho

                       17.4.4   Montana

                       17.4.5   Nevada

                       17.4.6   Oregon

                       17.4.7   Washington

                       17.4.8   Wyoming

                       17.4.9   Advancing Glaciers

            17.5                   Case
Studies Using ASTER

                       17.5.1   Grinnell Glacier, Glacier National Park,
Montana

                       17.5.2   Glacier Changes on Mount Rainier, Washington,
Assessed with Use of ASTER and 

                                         MASTER
Multispectral and Thermal Imagery

                                         17.5.2.1   Background

                                         17.5.2.2   Methods

                                         17.5.2.3   Historic Changes of Mount Rainier’s Glaciers

                       17.5.3   ASTER and Field Studies of Blue Glacier,
Olympic Mountains, Washington, USA

            17.6                   Summary
and Conclusions

            Acknowledgements

            References

 

18 Remote Sensing of Glaciers
and Icecaps in Iceland (Oddur
Sigurðsson, Richard S. Williams Jr., Sandro Martinis, Ulrich
Münzer)

            18.1                   Introduction

                       18.1.1   History of Mapping Iceland’s Glaciers

                       18.1.2   Scientific Analysis of Iceland’s Glaciers

                       18.1.3   Air- and Space-borne Imaging and Remote
Sensing Analysis of Iceland’s Glaciers

            18.2                   Regional
Context

                       18.2.1   Geography and Geology

                       18.2.2   Climate and Climate Variability

            18.3                   Special
Topics and Methodology

                       18.3.1   Types of Glaciers

                       18.3.2   History of Iceland’s Glacier Variations

                       18.3.3   Identifying the Outline, Transient Snowline,
and Firn Line of Glaciers

                       18.3.4   Jökulhlaups

            18.4                   Three
Case Studies

                       18.4.1   Transient Tephra Lines

                       18.4.2   Classification of
Vatnajökull Ice Cap According to Three Different Outlines

                       18.4.3   The Impact of the 2004 Jökulhlaup on
Glacier Dynamics of Skeiðarárjökull

            18.5                   Regional
Summary

            References

 

19 Norway (Liss M. Andreassen, Frank Paul, Jon Endre Hausberg)

            19.1                   Introduction

            19.2 Regional Context

                       19.2.1   Glacier Observations

                       19.2.2   Glacier Changes

                       19.2.3   Previous Glacier Inventories

                       19.2.4   Digital Glacier Outlines from Topographical
Maps (N50)

            19.3                   Methodology
(Derivation of Glacier Outlines from Landsat)

                       19.3.1   Selection of Landsat Scenes

                       19.3.2   Glacier Mapping Methods

            19.4                   Case
Studies and Special Topics

                       19.4.1   Glacier Size Distribution

                       19.4.2   Assessing Area Changes in Jotunheimen and
Svartisen

                       19.4.3   Uncertainties

            19.5                   Conclusions

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

20 European Alps (Frank Paul, Yves Arnaud,
Roberto Ranzi, Helmut Rott) 

            20.1                   Introduction/Overview

            20.2                   Regional
Context

                       20.2.1   Geographic and Topographic Characteristics

                       20.2.2   Climatic Conditions

                       20.2.3   Glacier Characteristics

                       20.2.4   Glacier Observations

                       20.2.5   Satellite Data

            20.3                   Austria

                       20.3.1   Regional Context

                       20.3.2   Austrian Glacier Inventories

                       20.3.3   Satellite-based Study of Glaciers in the
Stubaier Alpen

                       20.3.4   Conclusion

            20.4                   France

                       20.4.1   Introduction

                       20.4.2   Examples of Remote Sensing-based Studies in
the French Alps

            20.5                   Italy

                       20.5.1   Introduction

                       20.5.2   Glacier Retreat: Sabbione, Pustertal and
Dolomites Glaciers

                       20.5.3   The Belvedere and Miage Debris Covered
Glaciers

                       20.5.4   Albedo and Energy-Balance of the
Adamello-Mandrone Glacier

            20.6                   Switzerland

                       20.6.1   Methods for Glacier Inventory Creation

                       20.6.2   Results

                       20.6.3   Conclusions

            20.7                   Synthesis
and Outlook

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

21 Satellite Inventory of Glaciers in Turkey (Mehmet Akif Sarikaya, Ahmet Emre Tekeli)

            21.1                   Introduction

            21.2                   Regional
Context

                       21.2.1   Topography

                       21.2.2   Climate

            21.3                   Methods

            21.4                   Occurrences
of Glaciers

                       21.4.1   Glaciers in the Southeastern Taurus Mountains

                                         21.4.1.1   Buzul Mountains

                                         21.4.1.2   İkiyaka
Mountains

                       21.4.2   Glaciers in the Coastal Ranges of the Eastern
Black Sea

                       21.4.3   Glaciers on Individual Mountains

                                         21.4.3.1   Mount Ağrı (Ararat)

                                         21.4.3.2   Mount Erciyes

                                         21.4.3.3   Mount Süphan

                                         21.4.3.4   Mercan Mountains

            21.5                   Occurrences of Rock Glaciers

                       21.5.1   Kavuşşahap Mountains

                       21.5.2   Soğanlı Mountains

                       21.5.3   Rize Mountains

                       21.5.4   Karaçal Mountains

                       21.5.5   Mount Erciyes

                       21.5.6   Mercan Mountains

                       21.5.7   Esence Mountains

            21.6                   Summary and Conclusions

            21.7                   Appendices

                       21.7.1   Specification of
Turkish glaciers and rock glaciers

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

22 Recent Glacier Changes in
the Mongolian Altai Mountains: Case Studies from Munkh Khairkhan and Tavan Bogd
(Brandon S. Krumveide, Ulrich Kamp, Gregory J. Leonard,
Avirmed Dashtseren, Michael Walther)

            22.1                   Introduction

            22.2                   Regional Background

                       22.2.1   Quaternary History of Glaciers in the
Mongolian Altai

                       22.2.2   Recent History of Glaciers in the Mongolian
Altai

            22.3                   Regional Context and Study
Areas

                       22.3.1   Geography and Climate

                       22.3.2   Munkh Khaikhan Range

                       22.3.3   Tavan Bogd Range

            22.4                   Data and Methods

                       22.4.1   Topographic Maps

                       22.4.2   Satellite Imagery

                       22.4.3   GPS Data

                       22.4.4   Pan-sharpening

                       22.4.5   Glacier Mapping

                       22.4.6   Error Analysis (Area Accuracy and Precision of Change)

                       22.4.7   Digital Elevation Models

                       22.4.8   DEM-Derived Datasets

                       22.4.9   Geomorphometric Analysis

            22.5                   Results

                       22.5.1   Glacier Changes in the Munkh Khairkhan Range

                       22.5.2   Glacier Changes in the Tavan Bogd Range

            22.6                   Discussion

                       22.6.1   Munkh Khairkhan Range

                       22.6.2   Tavan Bogd Range

            22.7                   Conclusions

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

23 Remote Sensing of Glaciers
in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Michael P. Bishop, John
F. Shroder Jr., Ghazanfar Ali, Andrew B. G. Bush, Umesh K. Haritashya, Rakshan Roohi,
Mehmet Akif Sarikaya, Brandon J. Weihs)

            23.1                   Introduction

            23.2                   Regional Context

                       23.2.1   Geology

                       23.2.2   Topography

                       23.2.3   Climate

                       23.2.4   Glaciers

                                         23.2.4.1   Afghanistan

                                         23.2.4.2   Pakistan

            23.3                   Methodology

            23.4                   Case Studies

                       23.4.1   Afghanistan

                                         23.4.1.1   Mir Samir

                                         23.4.1.2   Daste Wer

                                         23.4.1.3   Balacomar

                                         23.4.1.4   Bandaka

                                         23.4.1.5   Badakshan

                                         23.4.1.6   Wakhan Pamir

                       23.4.2   Pakistan

                                         23.4.2.1   Hindu Raj

                                         23.4.2.2   Central Karakoram

                                         23.4.2.3   Nanga Parbat Himalaya

            23.5                   Regional Synthesis

                       23.5.1   Afghanistan

                       23.5.2   Pakistan

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

24 Himalayan Glaciers (India, Bhutan, Nepal) (A. Racoviteanu, Y. Arnaud, I.M. Baghuna, S. Bajracharya, E. Berthier, R.
Bhambri, T. Bolch,  M. Byrne, R.K
Chaujar, A. Kääb, U. Kamp, J. Kargel, A. V. Kulkarni, G. Leonard, P. Mool, R.
Frauenfelder, I. Sossna)

            24.1                   Overview

            24.2                   Regional Context

                       24.2.1   Geographic, Geologic and Topographic Setting

                       24.2.2   Climate Dynamics and Glacier Regimes

                       24.2.3   Previous Glacier Mapping and Observations

            24.3                   Case Studies and Specific
Topics

                       24.3.1   Sikkim Himalaya: Glacier Area Changes, 1960 –
2000

                                         24.3.1.1   Introduction

                                         24.3.1.2   Methods

                                         24.3.1.3   Results: Glacier Area Changes

                                         24.3.1.4   Summary of Findings

                       24.3.2   Khumbu and Garhwal Himalaya: Glacier Area and
Thickness Changes, 1960’s – 

                                         2000’s

                                         24.3.2.1   Introduction

                                         24.3.2.2   Methods

                                         24.3.2.3   Results

                                         24.3.2.4   Summary of Findings

                       24.3.3   Everest Region, Nepal: Geomorphologic and
Surface Reflectance Changes, 2001 – 

                                         2005

                                         24.3.3.1   Introduction

                                         24.3.3.2   Methods

                                         24.3.3.3   Results

                                         24.3.3.4   Summary of Findings

                       24.3.4   Brahmaputra River basin: Glacier Area, Volume
and Velocity Changes, 1970s ~ 2000

                                         24.3.4.1   Introduction

                                         24.3.4.2   Methods

                                         24.3.4.3   Results: Glacier Area Changes

                                         24.3.4.4   Results: Glacier Volume Changes

                                         24.3.4.5   Results: Glacier Velocities

                                         24.3.4.6   Summary of Findings

                       24.3.5   Ladakh, North-western Indian Himalaya:
Glacier Length/Area Changes, 1975 – 2008

                                         24.3.5.1   Introduction

                                         24.3.5.2   Methods

                                         24.3.5.3   Results

                                         24.3.5.4   Summary of Findings

                       24.3.6   Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Western
Indian Himalaya: Glacier Area , 1962 – 2004

                                         24.3.6.1   Introduction and Methods

                                         24.3.6.2   Results

                                         24.3.6.3   Summary of Findings

                       24.3.7   Himachal Pradeshh, Western Himalaya: Geodetic
Mass balance Estimates, 1999 – 

                                         2004

                                         24.3.7.1   Introduction

                                         24.3.7.2   Methods

                                         24.3.7.3   Results

                                         24.3.7.4   Summary of Findings

            24.4                   Summary and Outlook

            24.5                   Appendices

                       24.5.1   Image Differencing: Methodology, Limitations,
and Errors

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

25 Glaciers in China and Their
Variations (Liu Shiyin, Shangguan Donghui, Xu Junli, Wang Xin,
Yao
Xiaojun,
Jiang Zongli, Guo Wanqin, Lu
Anxin, Zhang Shiqiang, Ye Baisheng, Li Zhen, Wei Junfeng, Wu Lizong)                                    

            25.1                   Introduction to Glaciers in China

            25.2                   Regional Context

            25.3                   Methods for Glacier Change
Monitoring by Remote Sensing

            25.4                   Glacier Area Extent Changes

                       25.4.1   Glacier Changes Since the Maximum of the
Little Ice Age

                       25.4.2   Glacier Changes During the Recent Decades

                                         25.4.2.1   Qilian Shan

                                         25.4.2.2   Tianshan

                                         25.4.2.3   Eastern Pamir Plateau

                                         25.4.2.4   Karakoram

                                         25.4.2.5   Tibetan Plateau

                                         25.4.2.6   Integration

            25.5                   Changes in Surface Elevations

                       25.5.1   Keqikar Baxi Glacier

                       25.5.2   Yanglong River

            25.6                   Surface Movement Derived by
Satellite Remote Sensing

                       25.6.1   Justification

                       25.6.2   Glacier Velocity Derived by D-InSAR and SAR
Feature-Tracking Methods

                       25.6.3   Glacier Velocity Derived by Optical Images

            25.7                   Special Topics: Applied
Hydrological Aspects of Chinese Glacier Dynamics

                       25.7.1   Special Topic 1: Glacier Hazards in the Upper
Yalung Zangbo River Basin, China

                                         25.7.1.1   Pumqu Basin

                                         25.7.1.2   Poiqu Basin

                                         25.7.1.3   Palongzangbu River Basin

                                         25.7.1.4   Niyang River Basin

                                         25.7.1.5   Nianchu River Basin

                       25.7.2   Special Topic 2: Glacier Water Resources in
Western China Provinces

                                         25.7.2.1   The Influence of Glacier Changes on Water
Resources

                                         25.7.2.2   Volume Changes of Glaciers

                                         25.7.2.3   Potential Influences of Glacier Changes in
the Future

            25.8                   Summary
and Future Prospects

            References

 

26 Remote Sensing of Rapidly
Diminishing Tropical Glaciers in the Northern Andes (Todd Albert, Andrew Klein, Joni Kincaid, Christian Huggel, Adina Racoviteanu,
Yves Arnaud, Walter Silverio, Jorge Luis Ceballos)

            26.1                   Introduction

            26.2                   Regional Context

            26.3                   Special Topics and Case
Studies

                       26.3.1   Quelccaya, Peru

                       26.3.2   Cordillera Vilcanota, Peru

                       26.3.3   Nevado Coropuna, Peru

                       26.3.4   Cordillera Blanca, Peru

                       26.3.5   Columbia

                       26.3.6   Tres Cruces, Bolivia

                       26.3.7   Venezuela

            26.4                   Regional Synthesis

            26.5                   Discussion

            References

 

27 A New Glacier Inventory for the Southern Patagonia Icefield and
Areal Changes 1986 – 2000 (Gina Casassa, José Luis Rodríguez, Thomas Loriaux)

            27.1                   Introduction

            27.2                   Regional
Context

                       27.2.1   Geographic
Setting

                       27.2.2   Climate

                       27.2.3   Glacier
Characteristics and Changes

            27.3                   Data
and Methods

                       27.3.1   Satellite
Imagery

                       27.3.2   Glacier
Delineation

                       27.3.3   Ice
Divides

                       27.3.4   Equilibrium
Line Altitudes (ELAs)

                       27.3.5   Glacier
Area Errors

            27.4                   Results

                       27.4.1   Glacier
Inventory

                       27.4.2   Glacier
Variations 1986-2000

            27.5                   Discussion

            27.6                   Conclusions

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

28 First Glacier Inventory and Recent Glacier Variations of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and  

Islands in Southern Chile (Francisca Bown, Andrés
Rivera, Pablo Zenteno, Claudio Bravo and Fiona Cawkwell)

            28.1                   Introduction

            28.2                   Regional Context

            28.3                   Methods

                       28.3.1   Satellite Data Acquisition and Pre-Processing

                       28.3.2   Glacier Extent Classification and Ice Divide
Digitization

                       28.3.3   Frontal Variations

                       28.3.4   Errors

            28.4                   Results

                       28.4.1   Glacier Inventory

                       28.4.2   Frontal Variations

            28.5                   Discussion

                       28.5.1   Some Possible Explanations

            28.6                   Conclusions

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

29 New Zealand’s Glaciers   (Trevor
J. Chinn, Jeffrey S. Kargel, Gregory J. Leonard, Umesh K. Haritashya, and Mark
Pleasants)

            29.1                   Introduction

            29.2                   Regional
Context

                       29.2.1   Geologic
Setting

                       29.2.2   Climatic
Context and Glacier Overview

            29.3                   New
Zealand’s Historical Glacier Dynamics

                       29.3.1   Early
Historical Observations

                       29.3.2   The
Franz Josef Glacier’s Long Historical Record

                       29.3.3   Proxy
Mass Balance from Snowlines Programme and Aerial Photography

                       29.3.4   Glacier
Responses Since the End of the LIA

            29.4                   Remote
Sensing Case Studies

                       29.4.1   ASTER
Observations of Mount Ruapehu, North Island

                       29.4.2   ASTER
Observations of Small Glaciers of the Southern Alps

                                         29.4.2.1   Glaciers in the Mt Tutoko Area (the
Fjordland’s Darrans Range)

                                         29.4.2.2   Brewster Glacier

                       29.4.3   ASTER
Observations of Mount Cook Glaciers

                                         29.4.3.1   Overview

                                         29.4.3.2   ASTER Time Series of Mt Cook Glacier Changes

                                         29.4.3.3   Flow Vector Mapping of Tasman Glacier

                                         29.4.3.4   Measured Lake Growth and Future Lake Growth
Scenarios

                                         29.4.3.4   Energy Constraints and Discussion of Tasman
Lake’s Growth Rate

            29.5                   Special
Topics

                       29.5.1   Debris
Production and Debris Cover of New Zealand Glaciers

                       29.5.2   New
Zealand’s Glacier and Climate Coupling

            29.6                   Conclusions

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

30 Monitoring Glacier Changes
on the Antarctic Peninsula (Jorge Arigony-Neto, Pedro
Skvarca, Sebastián Marinsek, Mattias
Braun, Angelika Humbert, Cláudio Wilson Mendes Júnior, Ricardo Jaña)

            30.1                   Introduction

            30.2                   Regional Context

                       30.2.1   Geologic Context

                       30.2.2   Climate Context

                       30.2.3   Summary of Known Glacier Dynamics

            30.3                   Methodology

                       30.3.1   Evaluation of ASTER-Derived DEMs in the
Antarctic Peninsula

                                         30.3.1.1   DEM Generation

                                         30.3.1.2   DEM Registration

                                         30.3.1.3   Stacking and Filtering

            30.4                   Case Studies and Special
Topics

                       30.4.1   Monitoring of Glacier Changes on the
Northeastern Antarctic Peninsula

                       30.4.2   Vega and James Ross Islands Glaciers

                                         30.4.2.1   Vega Island (VI)

                                         30.4.2.2   James Ross Island (JRI)

                       30.4.3   Former Tributaries of Prince Gustav Channel
(PGC) Ice Shelf

                                         30.4.3.1   Boydell and Sjögren (B-S) Glaciers

                       30.4.4   Former Tributaries of Larsen A Ice Shelf

                                         30.4.4.1   Dinsmoor-Bombardier-Edgeworth (D-B-E)
Glaciers

                                         30.4.4.2   Drygalski Glacier 

                       30.4.5   Former Tributaries of Larsen B Ice Shelf

                                         30.4.5.1   Hektoria-Green-Evans (H-G-E)

                                         30.4.5.2   Jorum-Crane-Maple-Melville (J-C-M-M)

                       30.4.6   Monitoring Changes and Break-up Events of the
Wilkins Ice Shelf

                                         30.4.6.1   Areal Changes and Break-Ups between 1986 and
2009

                                         30.4.6.2   A Three-Step Process Chain for Break-Up
Events

                       30.4.7   Variation of the Radar Glacier Zone
Boundaries on the Northeaastern Antarctic 

                                         Peninsula

            30.5                   Regional Synthesis

            30.6                   Summary and Conclusions

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

31 Mapping Blue
Ice Areas and Crevasses in West Antarctica Using ASTER Images, GPS and Radar 

Measurements (Andrés
Rivera, Fiona Cawkwell, Anja Wendt, Rodrigo Zamora)

            31.1                   Introduction

            31.2                   Blue Ice Areas

                       31.2.1   Mapping BIA Extent in the Field and on
Imagery

                       31.2.2   Inter-Annual Fluctuations in the Extent of
the Patriot Hills BIA

                       31.2.3   Inter-Annual Fluctuations in the Extent of
Other BIAs

            31.3                   Crevasse Detection on
Satellite Imagery

            31.4                   Radio Echo Sounding and
Ground Penetrating Radar Measurements

            31.5 Discussion

            31.6                   Conclusions

            Acknowledgements 

            References

 

32 Remote Sensing
of Glaciers of the Subantarctic Islands (J. Graham Cogley, Etienne
Berthier, S. Donoghue)

            32.1                   Introduction

            32.2                   The Regional Context

            32.3                   Case Studies

                       32.3.1   Heard Island

                       32.3.2   Kerguelen

                       32.3.3   Montagu Island

            32.4                   Cartographic Inventory of the
Subantarctic

            32.5                   Summary and Conclusions

            References

 

 

Part III    Summary
 

 

33 Summary and the Global Context of Key Findings (Jeffrey S. Kargel, Andrew G. Bush, J. Graham Cogley, Gregory J. Leonard,
Bruce H. Raup, Claudio Smiraglia, Massimo Pecci, and Roberto Ranzi)

            33.1 Overview

            33.2 Summary: The Foundations of Glacier Remote Sensing Science
(Chapters 2-7)

            33.3 Super-regional Narratives of Glacier Dynamics

                       33.3.1.
Glacier Changes in the Arctic Super-region (Greenland and the Canadian High
Arctic)

                       33.3.2.
Glacier Changes in the North Atlantic Super-region (Iceland, Norway and
Svalbard)

                       33.3.3.
Glaciers in the North American Cordilleran Super-region (U.S. and Western
Canada)

                       33.3.4.
Glacier Changes in the Mediterranean Super-region

                       33.3.5.
Glacier Changes in the South and Central Asia Super-region

                       33.3.6. Glacier
Changes in the Northern Andes

                       33.3.7.
Glacier Changes in the Southern Ocean Super-region

                       33.3.8.
Seasonal Thaw in a Blue-ice Area of the Antarctic Interior

         33.4. Summary Discussion:
Causes of Glacier Fluctuations

                       33.4.1.
Global Warming: First-order Cause of the Modern-day Retreat and Thinning of Glaciers

                       33.4.2. What Drives
Variability in Glacier Responses to the Changing Global Environment?

                       33.4.3.
Glacier Change is Heterogeneous and Multivariate

                       33.4.4.
Variable Response Times as a Further Cause of Heterogeneous Glacier Responses

                       33.4.5. Other
Causes of Glacier Variability of Response Dynamics

                       33.4.6. The Things
We Don’t Know (but Will Affect Glaciers and Us)

                                             33.4.6.1.  Extreme Weather

                                             33.4.6.2.  Reduction of Sea Ice

                                             33.4.6.3.  Shifting Thermohaline Circulation

                                             33.4.6.4.  Release of Methane from Seafloor and Lowland
Permafrost Methane Clathrate

                                             33.4.6.5.  Do Glaciers Show Evidence of Major Regime
Shifts?

         33.5. The Public’s Two Big
Questions 

            33.6. Conclusions

            Acknowledgments

            References 



 		 	   		  
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