World Glacier Monitoring Service, University of Zurich, Switzerland 21st Alpine Glaciology Meeting, Zurich, o2/o2/2o17 Tapping the full potential of geodetic glacier change assessment with air and space borne sensors Michael Zemp, Philipp Rastner, Frank Paul, Horst Machguth, Mauro Fischer, Philip Joerg, Matthias Huss World Glacier Monitoring Service, University of Zurich, Switzerland
glacier mass balance assessment in IPCC AR5 Kääb et al. (2013) The Alps Photo: M. Zemp
geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Photo: M. Zemp Graphic: P. Joerg eBee.com TanDEM-X, DLR Geodetic method: Any method for determining mass balance by repeated mapping of glacier surface elevations to estimate the volume balance; cartographic method and topographic method are synonyms. [Cogley et al. 2011]
Validation and calibration of glaciological observation series geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Validation and calibration of glaciological observation series Zemp et al. (2013), The Cryosphere
Validation and calibration of glaciological observation series geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Validation and calibration of glaciological observation series Sold et al. (2016), Frontiers in Earth Science
Reconstruction of glacier volume changes geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Reconstruction of glacier volume changes Rastner et al. (2016), Global and Planetary Change
Reconstruction of glacier volume changes geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Reconstruction of glacier volume changes Rastner et al. (2016), Global and Planetary Change
Reconstruction of glacier volume changes geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Reconstruction of glacier volume changes Rastner et al. (2016), Global and Planetary Change
Reconstruction of glacier volume changes geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Reconstruction of glacier volume changes Rastner et al. (2016), Global and Planetary Change
Assessing glacier volume changes over entire mountain ranges geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Assessing glacier volume changes over entire mountain ranges Fischer et al. (2015), The Cryosphere
Assessing glacier volume changes over entire mountain ranges geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Assessing glacier volume changes over entire mountain ranges Fischer et al. (2015), The Cryosphere
Representativeness of the glac. series for their mountain ranges geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness Representativeness of the glac. series for their mountain ranges European Alps WGMS (2015) versus WGMS (2017, in prep)
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