Mapping the surface and surface changes of glaciers in Iceland with lidar. Progress report for 2013
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) and the Institute of Earth Sciences (IES) of the University of Iceland have since 2008 collaborated on airborne lidar mapping of the ice surface of Icelandic glaciers and ice caps with support from the Research Fund of Iceland, (RANNIS, The Icelandic Centre for Research), the Landsvirkjun (the National Power Company of Iceland) Research Fund, the Icelandic Road Administration, the Reykjavík Energy Environmental and Energy Research Fund, the National Land Survey of Iceland and the Klima- og Luftgruppen (KoL) reseach fund of the Nordic Council of Ministers. In 2012, support was, furthermore, obtained from the Vatnajökull National Park and from the organisation Friends of Vatnajökull. Additional support for the measurements has since 2010 also been provided by the Icelandic Meteorological Office.
Tómas Jóhannesson, Helgi Björnsson, Finnur Pálsson, Oddur Sigurðsson ogThorsteinn Thorsteinsson - Veðurstofa Íslands