<i>Brief communication</i> "The aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses"

<i>Brief communication</i> "The aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses"

The PROMICE (Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet) aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses is the first high resolution dataset documenting the mid-1980s areal extent of the Greenland Ice Sheet and all the local glaciers and ice caps. The total glacierized area excluding nunat...

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Main Authors: M. Citterio, A. P. Ahlstrøm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-03-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/445/2013/tc-7-445-2013.pdf
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spelling doaj-f0335a5552f640f5ad71eb8d07f0b4fe2020-11-25T01:08:29ZengCopernicus PublicationsThe Cryosphere1994-04161994-04242013-03-017244544910.5194/tc-7-445-2013<i>Brief communication</i> "The aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses"M. CitterioA. P. AhlstrømThe PROMICE (Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet) aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses is the first high resolution dataset documenting the mid-1980s areal extent of the Greenland Ice Sheet and all the local glaciers and ice caps. The total glacierized area excluding nunataks was 1 804 638 km<sup>2</sup> &pm; 2178 km<sup>2</sup>, of which 88 083 &pm; 1240 km<sup>2</sup> belonged to local glaciers and ice caps (GIC) substantially independent from the Greenland Ice Sheet. This new result of GIC glacierized area is higher than most previous estimates, 81% greater than Weng's (1995) measurements, but is in line with contemporary findings based on independent data sources. A comparison between our map and the recently released Rastner et al. (2012) inventory and GIMP (Greenland Ice Mapping Project) Ice-Cover Mask (Howat and Negrete, 2013) shows potential for change-assessment studies.http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/445/2013/tc-7-445-2013.pdf
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<i>Brief communication</i> "The aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses"
The Cryosphere
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title <i>Brief communication</i> "The aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses"
title_short <i>Brief communication</i> "The aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses"
title_full <i>Brief communication</i> "The aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses"
title_fullStr <i>Brief communication</i> "The aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses"
title_full_unstemmed <i>Brief communication</i> "The aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses"
title_sort <i>brief communication</i> "the aerophotogrammetric map of greenland ice masses"
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1994-0424
publishDate 2013-03-01
description The PROMICE (Programme for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet) aerophotogrammetric map of Greenland ice masses is the first high resolution dataset documenting the mid-1980s areal extent of the Greenland Ice Sheet and all the local glaciers and ice caps. The total glacierized area excluding nunataks was 1 804 638 km<sup>2</sup> &pm; 2178 km<sup>2</sup>, of which 88 083 &pm; 1240 km<sup>2</sup> belonged to local glaciers and ice caps (GIC) substantially independent from the Greenland Ice Sheet. This new result of GIC glacierized area is higher than most previous estimates, 81% greater than Weng's (1995) measurements, but is in line with contemporary findings based on independent data sources. A comparison between our map and the recently released Rastner et al. (2012) inventory and GIMP (Greenland Ice Mapping Project) Ice-Cover Mask (Howat and Negrete, 2013) shows potential for change-assessment studies.
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