Monitoring tropical debris-covered glacier dynamics from high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Wigmore, Oliver; Mark, Bryan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2463-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2463-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2463-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 6

Research article

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03 Nov 2017

Research article |

| 03 Nov 2017

Monitoring tropical debris-covered glacier dynamics from high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Oliver Wigmore and Bryan Mark

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SC1: 'Monitoring Tropical Debris Covered Glacier Dynamics from High Resolution UAV, Cordillera Blanca, Peru', Mauri Pelto, 02 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Author response to short comment by Mauri Pelto', Oliver Wigmore, 07 Jul 2017
RC1: 'review comments', Christian Huggel, 05 May 2017
- AC2: 'Author response to reviewer comments by Christian Huggel', Oliver Wigmore, 07 Jul 2017
RC2: 'Reviwer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 May 2017
- AC3: 'Author response to reviewer comments by anonymous referee', Oliver Wigmore, 08 Jul 2017
EC1: 'Editor Decision', Chris R. Stokes, 12 Jun 2017
- AC4: 'Author summary response', Oliver Wigmore, 08 Jul 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Oliver Wigmore on behalf of the Authors (22 Aug 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Aug 2017) by Chris R. Stokes

AR by Oliver Wigmore on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2017)

Short summary

Using a drone custom built for high altitude flight (4000–6000 m) we completed repeat surveys of Llaca Glacier in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. Analysis of high resolution imagery and elevation data reveals highly heterogeneous patterns of glacier change and the important role of ice cliffs in glacier melt dynamics. Drones are found to provide a viable and potentially transformative method for studying glacier change at high spatial resolution, on demand and at relatively low cost.