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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-69-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-69-2021
Research article
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05 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 05 Jan 2021

Intercomparison of photogrammetric platforms for spatially continuous snow depth mapping

Lucie A. Eberhard, Pascal Sirguey, Aubrey Miller, Mauro Marty, Konrad Schindler, Andreas Stoffel, and Yves Bühler

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In spring 2018 in the alpine Dischma valley (Switzerland), we tested different industrial photogrammetric platforms for snow depth mapping. These platforms were high-resolution satellites, an airplane, unmanned aerial systems and a terrestrial system. Therefore, this study gives a general overview of the accuracy and precision of the different photogrammetric platforms available in space and on earth and their use for snow depth mapping.