Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced  from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice  cap, NW Iceland

Magnússon, E.; Muñoz-Cobo Belart, J.; Pálsson, F.; Ágústsson, H.; Crochet, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-159-2016

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19 Jan 2016

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| 19 Jan 2016

Geodetic mass balance record with rigorous uncertainty estimates deduced from aerial photographs and lidar data – Case study from Drangajökull ice cap, NW Iceland

E. Magnússon, J. Muñoz-Cobo Belart, F. Pálsson, H. Ágústsson, and P. Crochet

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RC C1832: 'Review of "Geodetic mass balance record - a case study from Drangajökull ice cap"', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Oct 2015
RC C2201: 'Review of Magnusson et. al.', Christopher Nuth, 11 Nov 2015
AC C2382: 'References seasonal corrections', Joaquín Muñoz-Cobo Belart, 26 Nov 2015

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Short summary

We demonstrate the opportunities given by high resolution digital elevation models (DEMs) to improve procedures for obtaining mass balance records from archives of aerial photographs. We also describe a geostatistical approach to estimate uncertainty of elevation changes derived by differencing DEMs. This method is more statistically robust than other described in the literature. Our study highlights a common tendency of overestimating this uncertainty, downgrading geodetic mass balance records.