A photogrammetric DEM of Greenland based on 1978-1987 aerial photos: validation and integration with laser altimetry and satellite-derived DEMs: C21A-0309

Niels Jákup Korsgaard; Kurt H. Kjær; Christopher Nuth; Shfaqat Abbas Khan

A photogrammetric DEM of Greenland based on 1978-1987 aerial photos: validation and integration with laser altimetry and satellite-derived DEMs: C21A-0309

Niels Jákup Korsgaard, Kurt H. Kjær, Christopher Nuth, Shfaqat Abbas Khan

Abstract

Here we present a DEM of Greenland covering all ice-free terrain and the margins of the GrIS and local glaciers and ice caps. The DEM is based on the 3534 photos used in the aero-triangulation which were recorded by the Danish Geodata Agency (then the Geodetic Institute) in survey campaigns spanning the period 1978-1987. The GrIS is covered tens of kilometers into the interior due to the large footprints of the photos (30 x 30 km) and control provided by the aero-triangulation. Thus, the data are ideal for providing information for analysis of ice marginal elevation change and also control for satellite-derived DEMs.

The results of the validation, error assessments and predicted uncertainties are presented. We test the DEM using Airborne Topographic Mapper (IceBridge ATM) as reference data; evaluate the a posteriori covariance matrix from the aero-triangulation; and co-register DEM blocks of 50 x 50 km to ICESat laser altimetry in order to evaluate the coherency.

We complement the aero-photogrammetric DEM with modern laser altimetry and DEMs derived from stereoscopic satellite imagery (AST14DMO) to examine the mass variability of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream (NEGIS). Our analysis suggests that dynamically-induced mass loss started around 2003 and continued throughout 2014.

Original language	English
Publication date	16 Dec 2014
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 16 Dec 2014
Event	American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2014 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 15 Dec 2014 → 19 Dec 2014

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Conference	American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	15/12/2014 → 19/12/2014

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A photogrammetric DEM of Greenland based on 1978-1987 aerial photos: validation and integration with laser altimetry and satellite-derived DEMs: C21A-0309. / Korsgaard, Niels Jákup; Kjær, Kurt H.; Nuth, Christopher et al.
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