| Title | Initial validation of Randolph Glacier inventory: version 5.0 data over Canada using 250 m MODIS-derived annual minimum snow/ice extent |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Regan, A M; Trishchenko, A P; Woulfe, J; McClacherty, S |
| Source | Geomatics Canada, Open File 28, 2016, 15 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/299351 (Open Access) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Canada; British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Area | United States of America; Greenland; Iceland |
| Lat/Long WENS | -170.0000 -13.0000 90.0000 38.0000 |
| Subjects | geophysics; environmental geology; remote sensing; satellite imagery; snow; ice; resources; surface waters; reflectance; glaciers; glacier surveys |
| Illustrations | location maps; tables; satellite images |
| Released | 2016 12 01 |
| Abstract | This report describes the background, methodology and results of using annual Minimum Snow and Ice (MSI) extent derived from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 250 m data to
validate glacier outline data from the Randolph Glacier Inventory: Version 5.0 (RGI 5.0). This work was a four part collaborative effort conducted by 1) a team from the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) who produced the MODIS MSI raster data
and worked with the Atlas of Canada Data (Atlas Data) team to facilitate the use of the raster imagery, 2) the CCRS GeoAnalytics team who evaluated sources of glacier data, 3) the Atlas Data team who carried out the classification and vectorization
of the MODIS raster imagery and the validation of the RGI 5.0 glaciers and 4) the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) who advised on the interpretation of Google Earth and LANDSAT 8 OLI TIRS image products that were used as references. In particular,
it was observed that seventeen glaciers with an area greater than 2.0 km2 are suspected of having either fully or significantly melted. They are distributed across northern Canada, with four located in the Yukon, seven located in Arctic Canada South
region and six located in Arctic Canada North region. The validated glacier data will be generalized to the 1:1,000,000 scale and used as a national scale dataset for Canadian glaciers. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This report describes the background, methodology and results of using annual Minimum Snow and Ice (MSI) extent derived from MODIS 250 m data to validate
glaciers data from the Randolph Glacier Inventory 5.0 (RGI 5.0). |
| GEOSCAN ID | 299351 |
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