Early twentieth century evolution of Ferdinand glacier, Svalbard, based on historic photographs and Structure-from-Motion technique

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F20%3A00115345" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/20:00115345 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/04353676.2020.1715124" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/04353676.2020.1715124</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/04353676.2020.1715124" target="_blank" >10.1080/04353676.2020.1715124</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Early twentieth century evolution of Ferdinand glacier, Svalbard, based on historic photographs and Structure-from-Motion technique

Original language description

Glaciers in central Svalbard are retreating since their Little Ice Age maximum, dated in the area to around 1900. Past areal extent of glaciers can confidently be reconstructed based on end moraine position. However, reconstructions of thickness and volume of glaciers remain relatively more complicated and uncertain. In this study, past changes in thickness and volume of the Ferdinand Glacier was reconstructed based on Structure-from-Motion techniques and field dGPS measurements in combination with analysis of historic photos from 1908 and aerial photos from 1938. According to the comparison of the historic and recent photograph, the 1908 glacier front height was estimated to 50 m and the glacier volume to 91.5 mil m(3) and the 1938 glacier volume estimated to 76.1 mil m(3), in comparison to 6.29 mil m(3) in 2014. This means more than 90% loss of volume since 1938. Melting of the glacier in the first half of the twentieth century resulted in thinning and lowering of the glacier surface together with substantial ice volume loss, whereas the areal extent was almost not affected. Considering the 2014 mean ice thickness, together with ongoing climate warming, it is likely that the Ferdinand Glacier will completely disappear within the next 30 years.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10508 - Physical geography

Project

<a href="/en/project/LM2015078" target="_blank" >LM2015078: Czech Polar Research Infrastructure</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography

ISSN

0435-3676

e-ISSN

1468-0459

Volume of the periodical

102

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

57-67

UT code for WoS article

000507020200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85078010770