ENVEO - DUE GlobGlacier (2007

DUE GlobGlacier (2007-2010)

EO Based Services for Glacier Monitoring. ESA Study, Contract 21088/07/I-EC .

DUE GlobGlacier aims at the definition of EO based services for glacier monitoring, the integration with state of the art ground-based observations, followed by the demonstration, implementation and validation of the services for the members of the User Group.


Prime Contractor	University of Zürich, Department of Geography, Physical Geography Division, Zürich, Switzerland
Contract Number	21088/07/I-EC
Partners	ENVEO IT GmbH, Innsbruck Austria GAMMA Remote Sensing Research and Consulting AG, Gümlingen, Switzerland University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences (SGUE), Edinburgh, Great Britain University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences (GUIO), Oslo, Norway University of Zurich, Department of Geography (GIUZ), Zurich, Switzerland

Objectives

define EO based services for glacier monitoring based on the user requirements;
integrate latest EO technology with state of the art ground-based observations;
demonstrate and implement the services for the members of the User Group;
validate the services;
maintain a database of GlobGlacier products through the GLIMS database;
thereby contribute to new scientific results in the domain of climate change detection, sea level contribution, climate modelling and hydrological modelling