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Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3535-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3535-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Research article
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24 Aug 2023
Research article |  | 24 Aug 2023

Cast shadows reveal changes in glacier surface elevation

Monika Pfau, Georg Veh, and Wolfgang Schwanghart

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Cast shadows have been a recurring problem in remote sensing of glaciers. We show that the length of shadows from surrounding mountains can be used to detect gains or losses in glacier elevation.
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