Final Activity Report Summary - MORE ICE (Combined remote sensing and modelling approach to assess the past, present and future evolution of Alaska/Yukon glaciers (northwest North America))
During this fellowship we demonstrated that the hyperspectral remote sensor (HRS) on board of the Spot-5 satellite was an outstanding tool to survey the evolution of glacier and ice cap in response to climate change. This finding was significant for the launch of the SPIRIT project (refer to http://www.spotimage.fr/IPY(si apre in una nuova finestra) online) that was running until the end of the international polar year (IPY). Thanks to this project, all the glaciological community could access Spot-5 digital elevation models (DEM) and images for free during the IPY.