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Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4063-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4063-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
Research article
 | 
19 Sep 2023
Research article |  | 19 Sep 2023

GLAcier Feature Tracking testkit (GLAFT): a statistically and physically based framework for evaluating glacier velocity products derived from optical satellite image feature tracking

Whyjay Zheng, Shashank Bhushan, Maximillian Van Wyk De Vries, William Kochtitzky, David Shean, Luke Copland, Christine Dow, Renette Jones-Ivey, and Fernando Pérez

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-4063-2023-supplement

Data sets

GLAFT data repository Whyjay Zheng, Shashank Bhushan, Maximillian Van Wyk De Vries, William Kochtitzky, David Shean, Luke Copland, Christine Dow, Renette Jones-Ivey, and Fernando Pérez https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/HE7YR

Model code and software

GLAcier Feature Tracking testkit: glaft The GLAFT team https://github.com/whyjz/GLAFT

Ghub - Resources: GLAcier Feature Tracking testkit The GLAFT team https://theghub.org/resources/glaft

whyjz/GLAFT: GLAFT 1.0.0-a (v1.0.0-a) Whyjay Zheng, Shashank Bhushan, and Erik Sundell https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8129675

Interactive computing environment

whyjz/GLAFT: GLAFT 1.0.0a Whyjay Zheng, Shashank Bhushan, and Erik Sundell https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7527956

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Short summary
We design and propose a method that can evaluate the quality of glacier velocity maps. The method includes two numbers that we can calculate for each velocity map. Based on statistics and ice flow physics, velocity maps with numbers close to the recommended values are considered to have good quality. We test the method using the data from Kaskawulsh Glacier, Canada, and release an open-sourced software tool called GLAcier Feature Tracking testkit (GLAFT) to help users assess their velocity maps.
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