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Applying GNSS and DTM Technologies to Monitor the Ice Balance of the Horcones Inferior Glacier, Aconcagua Region, Argentina

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This work provides results and analysis of the behavior in a reconstituted debris covered glacier, Horcones Inferior (HIG). This glacier is located at 32° 41′ S and 69° 57′ W in the Aconcagua region, Mendoza, Argentina. The HIG has experienced surges events in 1984 and 2003. GNSS techniques and Digital Terrain Models (DTMs) derived from ASTER optical imagery, were used to detect movements and altimetric changes of the HIG in the 2001–2012 period. Based on a GNSS semi - continuous station, N and E mean velocities of 0.9 cm/d and 1.1 cm/d and in U direction were 1.1 cm/d and 1.5 cm/d were obtained respectively in 2009–2010 period. Additionally, GNSS profiles showed a velocity range between 0.5 cm/d and 2.8 cm/d. Finally, through a DTM comparison the altimetric change before and after the last surge in 2003 was obtained. The applied techniques allowed accurate and reliable change detection of the HIG.

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This work was possible thanks to program SIGMA (Sistema de Investigaciones Geodinámico Monte Aconcagua) and Argentina National Council for Science and Technology (CONICET) funding. We thanks to Dr. Charles Toth for his comments and reviews, and Dr. Silvain Bonvalot IRD (Institute de Recherche pour le Développement, France) for providing PORT station data. Also we thanks to Departamento General de Irrigación, Mendoza, to provide the meteorological data, and Tec. Adalberto Ferlito, Andrés Lovecchio for their help in the fieldworks.

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  1. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales, (IANIGLA)-CCT, CONICET, 330, PO BOX5500, Mendoza, Argentina

    M. Gabriela Lenzano, Luis Lenzano, Darío Trombotto Liaudat & Esteban Lannutti

  2. Instituto de Estudios del Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (IDEARN), UNCuyo, Ciudad Universitaria, Mendoza, Argentina

    M. Gabriela Lenzano, Luis Lenzano & Jorge Barón

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Lenzano, M.G., Lenzano, L., Liaudat, D.T. et al. Applying GNSS and DTM Technologies to Monitor the Ice Balance of the Horcones Inferior Glacier, Aconcagua Region, Argentina. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 41, 969–980 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-013-0294-z

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