Discriminating Wet Snow and Firn for Alpine Glaciers Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study at Rofental, Austria

Discriminating Wet Snow and Firn for Alpine Glaciers Using Sentinel-1 Data: A Case Study at Rofental, Austria

Continuous monitoring of glacier changes supports our understanding of climate related glacier behavior. Remote sensing data offer the unique opportunity to observe individual glaciers as well as entire mountain ranges. In this study, we used synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data to monitor the recess...

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Main Authors: Achim Heilig, Anna Wendleder, Andreas Schmitt, Christoph Mayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-01-01
Series:Geosciences
Subjects:
SAR
transient snowline
annual AAR
mass balance
Rofental glaciers
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/2/69

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https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/2/69

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