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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3649-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3649-2022
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09 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 09 Sep 2022

High-resolution imaging of supraglacial hydrological features on the Greenland Ice Sheet with NASA's Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) instrument suite

Michael Studinger, Serdar S. Manizade, Matthew A. Linkswiler, and James K. Yungel

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The footprint density and high-resolution imagery of airborne surveys reveal details in supraglacial hydrological features that are currently not obtainable from spaceborne data. The accuracy and resolution of airborne measurements complement spaceborne measurements, can support calibration and validation of spaceborne methods, and provide information necessary for process studies of the hydrological system on ice sheets that currently cannot be achieved from spaceborne observations alone.