Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019

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M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS20] Mountain Science

Mon. May 27, 2019 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall8, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Keisuke Suzuki(Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University), Yoshihiko Kariya(Department of Environmental Geography, Senshu University), Akihiko SASAKI(Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Kokushikan University), Chiyuki Narama(Niigata University, Department of Science)

[MIS20-P18] Recent glacier variations at Mt. Kenya using aerial digital image

*Chiyuki Narama1, kenshiro Arie2, MIZUNO KAZUHARU3 (1.Program of Field Research in the Environmental Sciences, Niigata University , 2.Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, 3.Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University)

Keywords:glacier variations, mass balance, aerial digital image, Mt. Kenya

The total glacier area decreased by 121.0 x 103 m2 (44%) during 2004–2016 at Mt. Kenya (Prinz et al., 2018). These glaciers are estimated to extinct before 2030, implying the cessation of the longest glacier monitoring record of the tropics. In this study, we investigated mass balance of all glaciers during 2016-2018 using Pleiades satellite data and aerial digital images from Cessna.