A GIS tool for automatic calculation of glacier equilibrium-line altitudes

R Pellitero; B Rea; M Spagnolo; J Bakke; Philip Hughes; S Ivy-Ochs; S Lukas; A Ribolini

doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2015.05.005

A GIS tool for automatic calculation of glacier equilibrium-line altitudes

R Pellitero, B Rea, M Spagnolo, J Bakke, Philip Hughes, S Ivy-Ochs, S Lukas, A Ribolini

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Abstract

A toolbox for the automated calculation of glacier equilibrium-line altitudes (ELAs) using the Accumulation Area Ratio, Area-Altitude Balance Ratio, Area-Altitude and Kurowski methods is presented. These are the most commonly-used methods of ELA calculation in palaeo-glacier reconstructions. The toolbox has been coded in Python and runs in ArcGIS requiring only the reconstructed surface of the palaeo-glacier (a DEM) as input. Through fast and automatic calculation this toolbox simplifies the process of ELA determination and can successfully work both for a single glacier and for large datasets of multiple glaciers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-62
Number of pages	7
Journal	Computers & Geosciences
Volume	82
Early online date	6 May 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2015.05.005
Publication status	Published - Sept 2015

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