C43F:
Glacier Monitoring from In Situ and Remotely Sensed Observations III
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs: Richard L Armstrong1, Michael Zemp2 and Tobias Bolch2, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States(2)University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Primary Conveners: Bruce H Raup, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-conveners: Richard L Armstrong1, Michael Zemp2 and Tobias Bolch2, (1)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States(2)University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
OSPA Liaisons: Tobias Bolch, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
2:20 PM
Glacier Mass Loss in Alaska from Airborne Lidar Altimetry
Evan W Burgess1,2, Christopher F Larsen1, Anthony A Arendt1, Shad Oneel2, Austin Johnson1, Robert W McNabb1, Lee S. Zirnheld1 and Christian Kienholz1, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States
3:20 PM
Glacier Change of China during the Last 50 Years As Revealed By Glacier Inventories
Shiyin Liu1, Wanqin Guo2, Xiaojun Yao3, Junli Xu2, Donghui Shangguan2, Junfeng Wei2, Qiao Liu4, Xin Wang5 and Zongli Jiang5, (1)CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Lanzhou, China, (2)CAREERI/CAS Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Lanzhou, China, (3)Geography and Environment College, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, China, (4)IMHE Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China, (5)Department of Geography, Hunan University of Science, and Technology, Xiangtan, China