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Geohazards
June 18-21, 2006 - Lillehammer, Norway
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, International Centre for Geohazards, Oslo, Norway
, Managing Director, ILF - Consulting Engineers, Innsbruck, Austria
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Geotechnik, Freiberg, Germany
, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA |
The articles for these proceedings are not peer-reviewed.
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Remote Sensing Technologies for Monitoring Climate Change Impacts on Glacier- and Permafrost-Related Hazards
Andreas Kääb, University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences
C. Huggel, University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences
L. Fischer, University of Zurich, Department of Geography
ABSTRACT:
Glacier- and permafrost-related hazards represent a continuous threat to human lives and infrastructure in high mountain regions. Because the surface and subsurface ice involved is generally close to melting conditions, glacier and permafrost hazards are particularly sensitive to climate changes. The present shift of cryospheric hazard zones due to atmospheric warming, process interactions and chain reactions, and the potential far reach of glacier disasters make it necessary to apply modern remote sensing techniques for the assessment of glacier and permafrost hazards in high mountains. In this contribution we provide an overview of different hazard types and how air- and space-borne remote sensing methods can be applied for their assessment.
Andreas Kääb, C. Huggel, and L. Fischer, "Remote Sensing Technologies for Monitoring Climate Change Impacts on Glacier- and Permafrost-Related Hazards" in "Geohazards", Farrokh Nadim, Rudolf Pöttler, Herbert Einstein, Herbert Klapperich, and Steven Kramer Eds, ECI
Symposium Series, Volume P7 (2006). http://services.bepress.com/eci/geohazards/2
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