In situ measurements of the ice flow motion at Eqip Sermia Glacier using a remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Jouvet, Guillaume; van Dongen, Eef; Lüthi, Martin P.; Vieli, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-1-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-1-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

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12 Feb 2020

Research article |

| 12 Feb 2020

In situ measurements of the ice flow motion at Eqip Sermia Glacier using a remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Guillaume Jouvet, Eef van Dongen, Martin P. Lüthi, and Andreas Vieli

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SC1: 'UAV United States', Rama Artha, 18 May 2019
RC1: 'Review of Jouvet et al.', Poul Christoffersen, 22 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Review of gi-2019-6', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Jun 2019
- AC1: 'Answers from the authors to comments 6, 7, and 8 of referee 2.', Guillaume Jouvet, 21 Jul 2019
RC3: 'Review of Jouvet et al., innovative technique but clarify its glaciological potential', Anonymous Referee #3, 22 Aug 2019

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We report the first-ever in situ measurements of ice flow motion using a remotely controlled drone. We used a quadcopter to land on a highly crevassed area of Eqip Sermia Glacier, Greenland. The drone measured 70 cm of ice displacement over more than 4 h thanks to an accurate onboard GPS. Our study demonstrates that drones have great potential for geoscientists, especially to deploy sensors in hostile environments such as glaciers.