IANIGLA   20881
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGIA, GLACIOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Offset Tracking procedure applied to Viedma Glacier, Patagonian Andes, Argentina.
Autor/es:
NATALIA RIVEROS; EUILLADES, LEONARDO; EUILLADES, PABLO A.; STELLA MOREIRAS; SEBASTIÁN BALBARANI
Revista:
Advances in Geosciences
Editorial:
EGU
Referencias:
Lugar: Göttingen; Año: 2013 vol. 35 p. 7 - 13
ISSN:
1680-7340
Resumen:
Main aim of this work is to explore the suitability of high resolution SAR images for measuring ice flow velocity within glaciers. Available techniques for this purpose are Differential SAR Interferometry (DInSAR) and Offset Tracking. The former, although theoretically much more precise, is frequently limited by coherence loss (or lacking of coherence) in glacier environment. The latter constitutes an alternative that works well when displacements are large. Study area is the Viedma Glacier (Santa Cruz, Argentina), one of the largest uncovered ice bodies in the South Patagonian Ice (SPI). High resolution COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) acquisitions were processed by estimating range and azimuth offset fields. Useful results, consisting in displacement maps showing areas with different fast-flowing units, were obtained by Offset Tracking processing.