High spatial resolution thickness changes of Pyrenean glaciers from 2011 to 2020

  1. Vidaller, Ixeia 1
  2. Revuelto, Jesús 1
  3. Izagirre, Eñaut 2
  4. Alonso-González, Esteban 1
  5. Rojas-Heredia, Francisco 1
  6. Rico, Ibai 3
  7. López-Moreno, Juan Ignacio 1
  8. Serreta, Alfredo 4
  1. 1 Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
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    Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/039ssy097

  2. 2 Department of Geology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
  3. 3 Department of Geography, Prehistory, and Archaeology. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
  4. 4 Department of Engineering Design and Manufacturing
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Editor: Zenodo

Año de publicación: 2021

Tipo: Dataset

CC BY 4.0

DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.4756350 lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Resumen

Pyrenean glaciers are the largest in southern Europe. Because their very survival is threatened by climate change in the coming decades, it is urgently necessary to monitor their evolution. This dataset presents high spatial resolution observation of Pyrenean glaciers during the period 2011–2020. In 2011, the glacier surface was retrieved with an airborne lidar and in 2020 data were obtained with three different UAVs (fixed-wing or quad copters). Comparing these observations, glacier surface changes were computed for 17 out of the 24 remaining glaciers. Using high-resolution optical satellite imagery and field observations, glacier outline changes between 2011 and 2020 were also obtained. On average the glacierized area has shrunk by 23.2% and thickness has decreased on average by 6.3 m.