1. 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

2. glacier mass balance assessment in IPCC AR5
Kääb et al. (2013)
The Alps
Photo: M. Zemp

3. 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]

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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)

13. geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness
Help us tapping the full potential of geodetic glacier change assessment with air and space borne sensors!
Pleiades, CNES Airbus
Cryosat-2, ESA
TanDEM-X, DLR

14. ! + C3S Glacier Service Horizon 2020 2017
geodetic method: cal/val ¦ reconstruction ¦ mountain wide ¦ representativeness
C3S Glacier Service +
Horizon
2020 !
2017