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GLASNOWMAP

GLAciers and SNOW MAPping Information Service

Definition and implementation of an information service for monitoring of glacier and snow cover changes in Alpine regions, based on the combined use of radar and optical satellite multi-scale observations, ground data and geographic information systems.

GLASNOWMAP
GLAciers and SNOW MAPping Information Service
DUP (Data User Programme)
Land
€250k
Service Demonstration
Completed
Landsat 4/5 : TM
ERS-1/2 : SAR
ERS-1 : ATSR-1
ENVISAT : MERIS
ENVISAT : AATSR
ENVISAT : ASAR
NOAA : AVHRR

The project proposed to define and implement an information service for monitoring of glacier and snow cover changes in Alpine regions. It was based on the combined use of radar and optical satellite multi-scale observations, ground data and geographic information. As a value added product, a dynamic snow-melt runoff model fed by remote sensing derived information for water resource management was tested and validated.

The project achieved the following results:

  • Provision of a system for glacier monitoring through the combined use of ASAR observation at 30 m resolution, Landsat TM images and the Digital Terrain model; monitoring includes the identification of accumulation and ablation basin, and the snow transient line (equilibrium line)
  • Quantification of the annual variations of the Lys, Adamello and Allalin glaciers by computing glaciological parameters
  • Provision of a system for generating snow-cover accumulation maps in winter and snow cover depletion maps in Spring and Summer using ENVISAT data for input into catchment scale discharge models
  • An on-line system that can be used to generate, download and integrate remote sensing data with other information for use by end-users engaged in the above activities
Executive summary
Final Report
User Requirements Document
CARLO GAVAZZI SPACE S.P.A.
GAMMA
CNR-IREA MI
ARPA-Valle d'Aosta
RAVA : Autonomous Region of Valle d'Aosta - department of Territory and Environment
CGI
Maria Lucia Tampellini
Carlo Gavazzi Space
Via Gallarate 150
Milano
Italy
Tel. 39 02-38048249
Tax. 39 02-3086458
Email: ltampellini@cgspace.it
Frank Martin Seifert
European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEP
via Galileo Galilei
I-00044 Frascati (Roma)
Tel.: +39 06-941-80560
Fax: +39 06-941-80552
Email: frank.martin.seifert@esa.int