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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1897-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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02 Sep 2016
Research article |
| 02 Sep 2016
3-D surface properties of glacier penitentes over an ablation season, measured using a Microsoft Xbox Kinect
Lindsey I. Nicholson
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of
Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Michał Pętlicki
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Księcia
Janusza 64, 01-452 Warsaw, Poland
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), La Serena,
Chile
Ben Partan
University of Maine, Orono, USA
Shelley MacDonell
Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA), La Serena,
Chile
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Short summary
An Xbox Kinect sensor was used as a close-range surface scanner to produce the first accurate 3D surface models of spikes of snow and ice (known as penitentes) that develop in cold, dry, sunny conditions. The data collected show how penitentes develop over time and how they affect the surface roughness of a glacier. These surface models are useful inputs to modelling studies of how penitentes alter energy exchanges between the atmosphere and the surface and how this affects meltwater production.
An Xbox Kinect sensor was used as a close-range surface scanner to produce the first accurate 3D...
