We have successfully completed the Iceland deployment to study the mechanics of glacier flow and their response to changing climate (PI: Mark Simons and Brent Minchew of Caltech) and volcanic deformation processes over Bardarbunga and Askja volcanoes (PI: Paul Lundgren of JPL). The glacier study is a follow-on observation of previous UAVSAR deployments in summer 2012 and winter 2014. Six of the eight flights were repeat observations of the same glaciers, which will provide a great data set for studying glacier dynamics from 1 day to 7 days apart. The observation of Bardarbunga volcano, which had the largest eruption in Iceland in the last century, will provide a baseline set of UAVSAR observations in the event of future dike intrusion events. Below is a polarimetric color-overlay image of Vatnajokull Glacier on the southern shore of Iceland generated by the quick look processor.
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UAVSAR- Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar
Friday, June 5, 2015