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Inside the ice shelf: using augmented reality to visualise 3D lidar and radar data of Antarctica
Author(s) -
Boghosian Alexandra L.,
Pratt Martin J.,
Becker Maya K.,
Cordero S. Isabel,
Dhakal Tejendra,
Kingslake Jonathan,
Locke Caitlin D.,
Tinto Kirsty J.,
Bell Robin E.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the photogrammetric record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1477-9730
pISSN - 0031-868X
DOI - 10.1111/phor.12298
Subject(s) - ice shelf , ice sheet , geology , visualization , remote sensing , augmented reality , digital elevation model , antarctic ice sheet , radar , glaciology , cryosphere , meteorology , sea ice , computer science , oceanography , geography , artificial intelligence , hydrogeology , geotechnical engineering , metamorphic petrology , telecommunications
From 2015 to 2017, the ROSETTA ‐Ice project comprehensively mapped Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf using IcePod, a newly developed aerogeophysical platform. The campaign imaged the ice‐shelf surface with lidar and its internal structure with ice‐penetrating radar. The ROSETTA ‐Ice data was combined with pre‐existing ice surface and bed topography digital elevation models to create the first augmented reality ( AR ) visualisation of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, using the Microsoft HoloLens. The ROSETTA ‐Ice datasets support cross‐disciplinary science that aims to understand 4D processes, namely the change of 3D ice‐shelf structures over time. The work presented here uses AR to visualise this dataset in 3D and highlights how AR can be simultaneously a useful research tool for interdisciplinary geoscience as well as an effective device for science communication education.