Articles | Volume 10, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2129-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2129-2016
Research article
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16 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 16 Sep 2016

ICESat laser altimetry over small mountain glaciers

Désirée Treichler and Andreas Kääb

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Satellite data are often the only source of information on mountain glaciers. We show that data from ICESat laser satellite can accurately reflect glacier volume development in 2003–2008, also for individual years. We detect a spatially varying elevation bias in commonly used data sets, and provide a correction that strongly increases the significance of the glacier change estimates – a crucial driver of climate-induced meltwater changes that directly affect the life of lowland populations.