Technical note. Using LANDSAT MSS data for measuring ice sheet retreat
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 8 (7) , 1069-1074
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01431168708954749
Abstract
The western margin of the Greenland ice sheet near Jakobshavn has retreated rapidly during the past 100 years. A vegetation trim line which marks the position of the ice margin c. AD 1880 can accurately be identified from LANDSAT MSS imagery. The possibility of identifying other former ice margin positions from satellite data opens up exciting prospects for geomorphology, glaciology, and the study of global climatic and environmental change.Keywords
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