Suitability of ground-based SfM–MVS for monitoring glacial and periglacial  processes

Piermattei, Livia; Carturan, Luca; de Blasi, Fabrizio; Tarolli, Paolo; Dalla Fontana, Giancarlo; Vettore, Antonio; Pfeifer, Norbert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-4-425-2016

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Frontiers in geomorphometry

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20 May 2016

Research article |

| 20 May 2016

Suitability of ground-based SfM–MVS for monitoring glacial and periglacial processes

Livia Piermattei, Luca Carturan, Fabrizio de Blasi, Paolo Tarolli, Giancarlo Dalla Fontana, Antonio Vettore, and Norbert Pfeifer

Data sets

Research group of the University of Padova Cryosphere and Hydrology group http://intra.tesaf.unipd.it/CMS/

Short summary

We investigated the applicability of the SfM–MVS approach for calculating the geodetic mass balance of a glacier and for the detection of the surface displacement rate of an active rock glacier located in the eastern Italian Alps. The results demonstrate that it is possible to reliably quantify the investigated glacial and periglacial processes by means of a quick ground-based photogrammetric survey that was conducted using a consumer grade SRL camera and natural targets as ground control points.