Columbia Glacier, Alaska, photogrammetry data set, 1981-82 and 1984-85
Open-File Report
87-219
By: R. M. Krimmel
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Abstract
Photogrammetric processing of 12 sets of vertical aerial photography of the Columbia Glacier, Alaska, has measured the altitude and velocity fields of the lowest 14,000 m of the glacier during the periods of September 1981 to October 1982 and October 1984 to September 1985. The data set consists of the location of 3,604 points on the glacier, 1,161 points along the glacier terminus, and 1,116 points along the top of the terminus ice cliff. During the 1981 to 1985 period the terminus of the glacier receded 1,350 m, the ice near the terminus thinned at a rate of 18 m/year, and ice velocity near the terminus tripled, reaching as much as 6,000 m/year. (Author 's abstract)
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Krimmel, R.M., 1987, Columbia Glacier, Alaska, photogrammetry data set, 1981-82 and 1984-85: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-219, iii, 104 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr87219.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Columbia Glacier, Alaska, photogrammetry data set, 1981-82 and 1984-85 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 87-219 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr87219 |
| Year Published | 1987 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | iii, 104 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |