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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4221-2021
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Research article
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06 Sep 2021
Research article |
| 06 Sep 2021
| 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
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada, 560 Rochester Street, Ottawa, ON K1S5K2 Canada
Kristy Tiampo
Earth Science and Observation Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
Ryan Cassotto
Earth Science and Observation Center, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
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- TICOI: an operational Python package to generate regular glacier velocity time series L. Charrier et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-4555-2025
- Acceleration Processes of Glacier Velocity Driven by Ice-Dammed Lakes: A Case Study of Southern Inylchek Glacier and Lake Merzbacher in Central Tian Shan J. Chang et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3628711
- Glacial lakes control ice flow: new insights from satellite SAR PO-SBAS observations in Duiya Glacier, southern Tibetan Plateau Y. Shi et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2024.2365964
- High-Temporal-Resolution Three-Dimensional Glacier Velocity Time Series and Their Implications for Glacier Dynamic Processes in Mt. Tomur, Tian Shan J. Chang et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3625988
- Quantifying degradation of the Imja Lake moraine dam with fused InSAR and SAR feature tracking time series G. Brencher et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-67-2026
- Two-Dimensional InSAR Monitoring of the Co- and Post-Seismic Ground Deformation of the 2021 Mw 5.9 Arkalochori (Greece) Earthquake and Its Impact on the Deformations of the Heraklion City Wall Relic M. Zhu et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14205212
- Exploiting high-slip flow regimes to improve inference of glacier bed topography A. Morin et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.121
- Methane emissions from subglacial meltwater of three alpine glaciers in Yukon, Canada S. Sapper et al. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2023.2284456
- The use of terrestrial monoscopic time-lapse cameras for surveying glacier flow velocity N. Dematteis et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2024.104185
- Global clustering of recent glacier surges from radar backscatter data, 2017–2022 A. Kääb et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.35
- Changes in wildfire season in Alaska and the consequences for ambient fine PM in recent decades E. Gaw et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105076
- Satellite interferometry for regional assessment of landslide hazard to pipelines in northeastern British Columbia, Canada S. Samsonov & A. Blais-Stevens https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2023.103273
- Multidimensional Small Baseline Subset (MSBAS) Software for Constrained and Unconstrained Deformation Analysis of Partially Coherent DInSAR and Speckle Offset Data S. V. Samsonov https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2024.2424753
- Surge history and dynamics of Fisher Glacier, Yukon, 1948–2022 G. Partington et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.10084
- Investigating the Intra-Annual Dynamics of Kunlun Glacier in the West Kunlun Mountains, China, From Ascending and Descending Sentinel-1 SAR Observations Y. Shi et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3142990
- State of the Art in Dense Monocular Non‐Rigid 3D Reconstruction E. Tretschk et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14774
- Deformation Retrievals for North America and Eurasia from Sentinel-1 DInSAR: Big Data Approach, Processing Methodology and Challenges S. Samsonov & W. Feng https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2023.2247095
- Potential of the Bi-Static SAR Satellite Companion Mission Harmony for Land-Ice Observations A. Kääb et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16162918
- Temporal stacking of sub-pixel offset tracking for monitoring slow-moving landslides in vegetated terrain F. Chang et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-024-02227-7
- Operational Processing of Big Satellite Data for Monitoring Glacier Dynamics: Case Study of Muldrow Glacier S. Samsonov https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14112679
- Three-Dimensional Monitoring of Zelongnong Glacier, China, with the PO-MSBAS Technique X. Zhai et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16234462
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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.
The direction and intensity of glacier surface flow adjust in response to a warming climate,...
