The Application of GPS in Glacier Flow Velocity: A Case Study of Qiyi Glacier

摘要：

Surface flow velocity is a key parameter of glacier kinetic theories study. With the help of GPS, glacier surface flow velocity research improved convenient and accurate. Therefore, this paper is committed to acquire the condition of surface flow velocity of Qiyi Glacier during 2009 to 2010 based on GPS data, optical remote sensing images and topographic maps. And it is concluded that during this time, the average surface flow velocity of Qiyi Glacier is decreasing while distributed relatively fast on central and slowly on both sides, and area retreated about 0.06km2 compared with that of 1965, whose value is consistent with motion mode of mountain glacier and the tendency of changes in Qiyi Glacier according to ELA data and Mass balance.

关键词： GPS Qiyi Glacier Surface flow velocity

作者: Li Liu Zhefan Jing Xiujuan Zhang

作者单位: Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou, 730000, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2011 3nd International Conference on Mechanical and Electronics Engineering(2011年第三届机械与电子工程国际会议 ICMEE2011)

会议地点: 合肥

会议语种:英文

页码: 1794-1798

在线出版日期: 2011-09-23（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）