High-Resolution Monitoring of Glacier Mass Balance and Dynamics with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on the Ningchan No. 1 Glacier in the Qilian Mountains, China

Glaciers located in the Qilian Mountains are rapidly retreating and thinning due to climate change. The current understanding of small glacier mass balance changes under a changing climate is limited by the scarcity of in situ measurements in both time and space as well as the resolution of remote s...

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Main Authors: Bo Cao, Weijin Guan, Kaiji Li, Baotian Pan, Xiaodong Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Remote Sensing
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/14/2735