Changes in the Skuta Glacier (southeastern Alps) assessed using non-metric images
The Skuta Glacier in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps (in northern Slovenia) is one of the two remaining glaciers in Slovenia. It is located in a cirque oriented toward the northwest, which shields it from sunlight for most of the year. The glacier lies at an average elevation of 2070m. In recent years, its...
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| description | The Skuta Glacier in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps (in northern Slovenia) is one of the two remaining glaciers in Slovenia. It is located in a cirque oriented toward the northwest, which shields it from sunlight for most of the year. The glacier lies at an average elevation of 2070m. In recent years, its average area has measured around 1.5 hectares. Monitoring of the glacier has been performed since 1946. In 1962, regular photographing of the glacier with various cameras started from various non-fixed standpoints. Using the single image interactive orientation acquisition method, in which a single photograph is compared with the projection of a modern digital terrain model, seventeen photographs covering the period from 1970 to 2015 were used to acquire the 3D-perimeters of the glacier. The data shows that the elevation of glacier’s upper edge decreased by approximately 40m in the last half-century. Changes in the glacier’s area and average upper edge elevation were compared with average annual temperature and maximum seasonal snow cover depth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fb00d14e8dd4bbb80567f4029ad8a052022-12-22T02:46:19ZengZRC SAZU, Založba ZRCActa Geographica Slovenica1581-66131581-83142020-12-0160217519010.3986/AGS.76747245Changes in the Skuta Glacier (southeastern Alps) assessed using non-metric imagesMihaela Triglav Čekada0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4200-2616Patricija BarboMiha Pavšek1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6543-6548Matija Zorn2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5788-018XGeodetic Institute of Slovenia and Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SloveniaResearch Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaResearch Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Ljubljana, SloveniaThe Skuta Glacier in the Kamnik–Savinja Alps (in northern Slovenia) is one of the two remaining glaciers in Slovenia. It is located in a cirque oriented toward the northwest, which shields it from sunlight for most of the year. The glacier lies at an average elevation of 2070m. In recent years, its average area has measured around 1.5 hectares. Monitoring of the glacier has been performed since 1946. In 1962, regular photographing of the glacier with various cameras started from various non-fixed standpoints. Using the single image interactive orientation acquisition method, in which a single photograph is compared with the projection of a modern digital terrain model, seventeen photographs covering the period from 1970 to 2015 were used to acquire the 3D-perimeters of the glacier. The data shows that the elevation of glacier’s upper edge decreased by approximately 40m in the last half-century. Changes in the glacier’s area and average upper edge elevation were compared with average annual temperature and maximum seasonal snow cover depth.https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/7674very small glacierglacieretclimate changenon-metric imagesinteractive orientationskuta glacierslovenia |
| spellingShingle | Mihaela Triglav Čekada Patricija Barbo Miha Pavšek Matija Zorn Changes in the Skuta Glacier (southeastern Alps) assessed using non-metric images Acta Geographica Slovenica very small glacier glacieret climate change non-metric images interactive orientation skuta glacier slovenia |
| title | Changes in the Skuta Glacier (southeastern Alps) assessed using non-metric images |
| title_full | Changes in the Skuta Glacier (southeastern Alps) assessed using non-metric images |
| title_fullStr | Changes in the Skuta Glacier (southeastern Alps) assessed using non-metric images |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in the Skuta Glacier (southeastern Alps) assessed using non-metric images |
| title_short | Changes in the Skuta Glacier (southeastern Alps) assessed using non-metric images |
| title_sort | changes in the skuta glacier southeastern alps assessed using non metric images |
| topic | very small glacier glacieret climate change non-metric images interactive orientation skuta glacier slovenia |
| url | https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/ags/article/view/7674 |
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