A pre-print describing the PGO program is online for public discussion & review

22 février 2024

We just submitted to The Cryosphere (EGU) a manuscript describing the Pléiades Glacier Observatory (PGO) initiative, the data provided to the community. An effort was made to assess the precision of the topographies and elevation change maps derived from these data, in particular using synchronous Lidar data from Norway and Canada. A pre-print is available in EGUsphere for open discussion until 3 April 2024. Comments more than welcome.

Berthier, E., Lebreton, J., Fontannaz, D., Hosford, S., Belart, J. M. C., Brun, F., Andreassen, L. M., Menounos, B., and Blondel, C.: The Pléiades Glacier Observatory: high resolution digital elevation models and ortho-imagery to monitor glacier change, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-250, 2024.

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