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High-accuracy UAV photogrammetry of ice sheet dynamics with no ground control
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Poul Christoffersen
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Samuel H. Doyle
Centre for Glaciology, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
Antonio Abellan
Institute of Applied Geoscience, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Neal Snooke
Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
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Short summary
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly common tools in the geosciences, but their use requires good ground control in order to make accurate georeferenced models. This is difficult in applications such as glaciology, where access to study sites can be hazardous. We show that a new technique utilising on-board GPS post-processing can match and even improve on ground-control-based methods, and, as a result, can produce accurate glacier velocity fields even on an inland ice sheet.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly common tools in the geosciences, but their use...
