Mapping the Loss of Mt. Kenya’s Glaciers: An Example of the Challenges of Satellite Monitoring of Very Small Glaciers

Mapping the Loss of Mt. Kenya’s Glaciers: An Example of the Challenges of Satellite Monitoring of Very Small Glaciers

Since the last complete glacier mapping of Mt. Kenya in 2004, strong glacier retreat and glacier disintegration have been reported. Here, we compile and present a new glacier inventory of Mt. Kenya to document recent glacier change. Glacier area and mass changes were derived from an orthophoto and d...

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Main Authors: Rainer Prinz, Armin Heller, Martin Ladner, Lindsey I. Nicholson, Georg Kaser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
glacier monitoring
glacier inventory
satellite remote sensing
Pléiades satellite images
Sentinel-2
TanDEM-X
DEM
Mount Kenya
tropical glacier
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/8/5/174

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