A 54-year record of changes at Chalaati and Zopkhito glaciers, Georgian Caucasus, observed from archival maps, satellite imagery, drone survey and ground-based investigation

A 54-year record of changes at Chalaati and Zopkhito glaciers, Georgian Caucasus, observed from archival maps, satellite imagery, drone survey and ground-based investigation

Individual glacier changes are still poorly documented in the Georgian Caucasus. In this paper, the change of Chalaati and Zopkhito glaciers in Georgian Caucasus has been studied between 1960 and 2014. Glacier geometries are reconstructed from archival topographic maps, Corona and Landsat images, al...

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Main Authors: Levan G. Tielidze, David Svanadze, Lela Gadrani, Lasha Asanidze, Roger D. Wheate, Gordon S. Hamilton †
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2020-06-01
Series:Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
Subjects:
glacier change
glacier monitoring
supra-glacial debris cover
climate change
greater caucasus
drone survey
chalaati glacier
zopkhito glacier
Online Access:https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/3714

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