Open AccessSurging glaciers in Greenland – a status
Author(s) -
Anker Weidick
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
rapport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2597-2944
pISSN - 0418-6559
DOI - 10.34194/rapggu.v140.8047
Subject(s) - glacier , geology , glacier mass balance , aerial photography , glacier morphology , physical geography , tidewater glacier cycle , oceanography , geography , ice stream , remote sensing , cryosphere , sea ice , ice calving , pregnancy , lactation , biology , genetics
New wide-angle vertical aerial photography covering most of West and East Greenland were flown in the years 1981 and 1985 by Mark Hurd Corp., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the Geodetic Institute, Copenhagen. The photographs are on a scale of approximately 1:150 000,so that single photographs cover a large area, and are valuable as bench marks for glacier changes. These photographs have been used for updating information on West Greenland glacier changes and the history of West Greenland glacier surges. Those covering East Greenland have been used for location of importantcentres of surging glaciers.