期刊
CRYOSPHERE
卷 16, 期 7, 页码 2769-2792出版社
COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH
DOI: 10.5194/tc-16-2769-2022
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- European Space Agency Permafrost_CCI project [4000123681/18/I-NB]
Rock glaciers, sensitive to climate variability and change, play a critical role in water resource management and geohazard prevention. Remote sensing data and a common methodology are used to create standardized inventories for rock glaciers. This study demonstrates the feasibility of applying common rules proposed by the International Permafrost Association and the European Space Agency to characterize rock glaciers' kinematic behavior in 11 regions worldwide.
Rock glaciers are landforms related to permafrost creep that are sensitive to climate variability and change. Their spatial distribution and kinematic behaviour can be critical for managing water resources and geohazards in periglacial areas. Rock glaciers have been inventoried for decades worldwide, often without assessment of their kinematics. The availability of remote sensing data however makes the inclusion of kinematic information potentially feasible, but requires a common methodology in order to create homogeneous inventories. In this context, the International Permafrost Association (IPA) Action Group on rock glacier inventories and kinematics (2018-2023), with the support of the European Space Agency (ESA) Permafrost Climate Change Initiative (CCI) project, is defining standard guidelines for the inclusion of kinematic information within inventories. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of applying common rules proposed by the Action Group in 11 regions worldwide. Spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) was used to characterise identifiable moving areas related to rock glaciers, applying a manual and a semi-automated approach. Subsequently, these areas were used to assign kinematic information to rock glaciers in existing or newly compiled inventories. More than 5000 moving areas and more than 3600 rock glaciers were classified according to their kinematics. The method and the preliminary results were analysed. We identified drawbacks related to the intrinsic limitations of InSAR and to various applied strategies regarding the integration of non-moving rock glaciers in some investigated regions. This is the first internationally coordinated work that incorporates kinematic attributes within rock glacier inventories at a global scale. The results show the value of designing standardised inventorying procedures for periglacial geomorphology.
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