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20 May 2016
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| 20 May 2016
Suitability of ground-based SfM–MVS for monitoring glacial and periglacial processes
Livia Piermattei
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University
of Padova, Padova, Italy
Luca Carturan
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University
of Padova, Padova, Italy
Fabrizio de Blasi
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University
of Padova, Padova, Italy
Paolo Tarolli
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University
of Padova, Padova, Italy
Giancarlo Dalla Fontana
Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry, University
of Padova, Padova, Italy
Antonio Vettore
Interdepartment Research Center of Geomatics, University of Padova,
Padova, Italy
Norbert Pfeifer
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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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.
We investigated the applicability of the SfM–MVS approach for calculating the geodetic mass...
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