Visualization of outlet glacier changes at Jakobshavn Isbræ - Northern_overflight__x264

Overflight movie showing the situation of the Jakobshavn Glacier drainage basin situated at the west coast of Greenland in summer 1985. Overflight from the northern part of the calving front.

Abstract
The outlet glacier Jakobshavn Isbræ as one of the fastest and most productive glaciers in the world is situated at the west coast of Greenland and is part of the UNESCO heritage list since 2004. Rapid increase in discharge and velocity was observed since the late 1990s and until present, associated with a large brake off of the floating glacier tongue and a rapid thinning. In regard of these changes, several overflight movies and pseudo 3D animations showing the dramatic retreat at the glacier calving front area for the time period in between 1985 and 2007 were generated within the framework of this student research project that was as cooperation of the Institute for Cartography at the Dresden University of Technology (Germany) and the Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSL) at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo (USA). For more information (including data sources and processing), please refer to the corresponding publication of Holzer & Csatho (2011) or to further documentation that can be found on the website of the RSL at the SUNY at Buffalo (see http://rsl.geology.buffalo.edu).

Reference
Holzer, N. & Csatho, B. (2011, July). Detection and visualization of outlet glacier changes at the Jakobshavn Glacier drainage basin and its surroundings. In 'Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg'. Extended Abstract. Retrieved 19 August 2011, from Centre for Geoinformatics - University at Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria: http://zgis16.plus.sbg.ac.at/gi-forum/images/stories/GIforum2011/ea_holzer_cs...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Glacier
• Visualization
• Digital Terrain Model
• Jakobshavn Isbræ