Investigating the surface characteristics of the debris-covered Llaca Glacier, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Rosie Bisset, Peter Nienow, Robert Bingham
2020
This is a Reduced Scientific Report resulting from NERC Geophysical Equipment Facility Minor Loan 1122, principal investigator Prof Peter Nienow.

Abstract

Equipment from the NERC Geophysical Equipment facility, along with additional UAV and thermal equipment, was used to undertake field-based data collection at Llaca Glacier, Cordillera Blanca, Peru. The data collection consisted of two geo-referenced UAV surveys of the glacier tongue (visible and thermal) as well as ground-based thermal monitoring. The data was collected in order to investigate the surface characteristics, especially with respect to debris, and topographic evolution of the Llaca Glacier.