Advance in glacier modelling : GIS and oriented programming approach applied on whittier glacier, Alaska

• Main Authors: Begnardi, L., Nistor, Mărgărit Mircea, Dezsi, Ştefan T., Pradelli, Marco
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Climate Change; Satellite Images; Engineering::Civil engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106959; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49011; http://dx.doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1501_649663
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The global warming affects drastically the glaciers melting, a fact for which the glaciers from Alaska are continuously retreating. Based on Geographical Information System and oriented programming, we have defined a new method to model the glaciers. The Whittier Glacier from South Alaska was analys...