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Research article
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01 Sep 2017
Research article |
| 01 Sep 2017
Application of a two-step approach for mapping ice thickness to various glacier types on Svalbard
Johannes Jakob Fürst
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Fabien Gillet-Chaulet
University of Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE), CS 40 700 Grenoble, France
Toby J. Benham
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK
Julian A. Dowdeswell
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER, UK
Mariusz Grabiec
Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
Francisco Navarro
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada a las Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, desp. A302-4, ETSI de Telecomunicación,
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Av. Complutense 30, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Rickard Pettersson
Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Geocentrum, Villav. 16, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden
Geir Moholdt
Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, P.O. Box 6606 Langnes, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
Christopher Nuth
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Björn Sass
Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Kjetil Aas
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, P.O. Box 1047, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Xavier Fettweis
Department of Geography, University of Liège, Quartier Village 4, Clos mercator 3, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Charlotte Lang
Department of Geography, University of Liège, Quartier Village 4, Clos mercator 3, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Thorsten Seehaus
Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Matthias Braun
Institute of Geography, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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Short summary
For the large majority of glaciers and ice caps, there is no information on the thickness of the ice cover. Any attempt to predict glacier demise under climatic warming and to estimate the future contribution to sea-level rise is limited as long as the glacier thickness is not well constrained. Here, we present a two-step mass-conservation approach for mapping ice thickness. Measurements are naturally reproduced. The reliability is readily assessible from a complementary map of error estimates.
For the large majority of glaciers and ice caps, there is no information on the thickness of the...
