Measuring the state and temporal evolution of glaciers in Alaska and Yukon using synthetic-aperture-radar-derived (SAR-derived) 3D time series of glacier surface flow

Samsonov, Sergey; Tiampo, Kristy; Cassotto, Ryan

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4221-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4221-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4221-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 9

Research article

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06 Sep 2021

Research article |

| 06 Sep 2021

Measuring the state and temporal evolution of glaciers in Alaska and Yukon using synthetic-aperture-radar-derived (SAR-derived) 3D time series of glacier surface flow

Sergey Samsonov, Kristy Tiampo, and Ryan Cassotto

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4221-2021-supplement

Data sets

Data for: Measuring the state and temporal evolution of glaciers in Alaska and Yukon using SAR-derived 3D time series of glacier surface flow Sergey Samsonov, Kristy Tiampo, Ryan Cassotto https://doi.org/10.17632/zf67rsgydv.1

Short summary

The direction and intensity of glacier surface flow adjust in response to a warming climate, causing sea level rise, seasonal flooding and droughts, and changing landscapes and habitats. We developed a technique that measures the evolution of surface flow for a glaciated region in three dimensions with high temporal and spatial resolution and used it to map the temporal evolution of glaciers in southeastern Alaska (Agassiz, Seward, Malaspina, Klutlan, Walsh, and Kluane) during 2016–2021.