Monitoring Surface Change on Debris-‐Covered Glaciers: Volcán Chimborazo, Ecuador
Jeff La Frenierre Ohio State University, Dept. of Geography; Byrd Polar Research Center
Debris-‐Covered Glaciers and Climate Change
Ostrem, 1959
Boulton, 1978
Challenges of Monitoring Debris-‐Covered Glaciers
Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning (TLS)
From Laser Scanning for the Environmental Sciences, Heritage and Large, 2009
Volcán Chimborazo, Ecuador
Chimborazo Glacier Change 1986-‐2012 2012 1986
Chimborazo GLOF, 2007
Reschreiter Glacier
Scanning the Glacier – Phase 1
Scanner Output – Phase 1
Scanning Challenges
Photo by Bryan Mark
Photo by Ollie Wigmore
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