In this article progresses of the Italian contribution to the project GLIMS-Global Land Ice Measurements from Space are presented. The final objective is to produce a satellite-derived Atlas of Italian. From the analysis of five images scanned by the ASTER sensor installed on the TERRA satellite, the limits of glaciers in the mountain ranges of the Lepontine Alps, Pusteresi Alps, the Veneto Dolomites, the Cevedale group in the Noce basin, and Adamello-Presanella were extracted. From a methodological point of view the information from the thermal infrared spectral channels for the recognition of some debris-covered glaciers was used. Once the extent of the glacier is obtained, the geomorphological parameters are extracted automatically with a computer code that implements the requirements of the project GLIMS. The results of processing have been transmitted to the data base maintained by the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the Italian Glaciological Committee, which is involved in the initiative for updating the Italian Glaciers Inventory. The information for the mountain ranges of the Cevedale and Adamello-Presanella have been organized into a geographic information system in KML format. On average, in the areas investigated so far, a decrease from the 80s to 2007, in the extent of glaciers between 34% and 50% was detected, with a marked fragmentation of different glaciological units and the disappearance of some small glaciers, confirming the acceleration in the last decades of the glacier's retreat started at the end of the Little Ice Age. A detailed analysis of the image of the Adamello-Presanella group, where a 36% glacier's retreat was observed, is presented.
Si illustra lo stato di avanzamento del contributo italiano al progetto GLIMS-Global Land Ice Measurements from Space che consiste nella redazione di un Atlante satellitare dei ghiacciai italiani. Dall'analisi di cinque immagini rilevate dal sensore ASTER installato sul satellite TERRA sono stati delineati i limiti dei ghiacciai nei gruppi montuosi delle Alpi Lepontine, Pusteresi, delle Dolomiti venete, del versante trentino del Cevedale e dell'Adamello-Presanella. Dal punto di vista metodologico si sono sfruttate, tra l'altro, le informazioni desumibili dai canali spettrali dell'infrarosso termico per il riconoscimento di alcuni ghiacciai coperti da detrito e, una volta delineata l'estensione del ghiacciaio, i parametri geomorfologici vengono estratti in modo automatico con un codice di calcolo che implementa i requisiti del progetto GLIMS. I risultati delle elaborazioni sono stati trasmessi al data base gestito dal National Snow and Ice Data Center ed al Comitato Glaciologico Italiano, che collabora all'iniziativa per l'aggiornamento del catasto dei ghiacciai italiani. Le informazioni per i gruppi montuosi del Cevedale e dell'Adamello-Presanella sono state organizzate in un sistema informativo territoriale in formato KML. Mediamente, nelle aree sinora investigate, è stata rilevata una diminuzione dell'estensione dei ghiacciai, dagli anni '80 al 2007, compresa tra il 34% ed il 50%, una marcata frammentazione di diversi ghiacciai e la scomparsa di alcune unità glaciologiche, confermando l'accelerazione del ritiro iniziato al termine della Piccola Età Glaciale. Si presentano i risultati dell'elaborazione di un'immagine del gruppo dell'Adamello-Presanella la cui estensione dei ghiacciai si è ridotta del 36% dagli anni '80 al 2007.
GLIMS - IT: contributo italiano al progetto GLIMS di monitoraggio satellitare dei ghiacciai del globo
Pepe M;
2013
Abstract
In this article progresses of the Italian contribution to the project GLIMS-Global Land Ice Measurements from Space are presented. The final objective is to produce a satellite-derived Atlas of Italian. From the analysis of five images scanned by the ASTER sensor installed on the TERRA satellite, the limits of glaciers in the mountain ranges of the Lepontine Alps, Pusteresi Alps, the Veneto Dolomites, the Cevedale group in the Noce basin, and Adamello-Presanella were extracted. From a methodological point of view the information from the thermal infrared spectral channels for the recognition of some debris-covered glaciers was used. Once the extent of the glacier is obtained, the geomorphological parameters are extracted automatically with a computer code that implements the requirements of the project GLIMS. The results of processing have been transmitted to the data base maintained by the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the Italian Glaciological Committee, which is involved in the initiative for updating the Italian Glaciers Inventory. The information for the mountain ranges of the Cevedale and Adamello-Presanella have been organized into a geographic information system in KML format. On average, in the areas investigated so far, a decrease from the 80s to 2007, in the extent of glaciers between 34% and 50% was detected, with a marked fragmentation of different glaciological units and the disappearance of some small glaciers, confirming the acceleration in the last decades of the glacier's retreat started at the end of the Little Ice Age. A detailed analysis of the image of the Adamello-Presanella group, where a 36% glacier's retreat was observed, is presented.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.