UAV Mapping of Greenland Glacier

Here's another great example of a UAV used in glaciological research - all for under $2,000 and the authors provide a detailed description of their methods.

• Ryan et al. (2015): UAV photogrammetry and structure from motion to assess calving dynamics at Store Glacier, a large outlet draining the Greenland Ice Sheet.
• Skywalker X8 UAV airframe
• Ardupilot APM autopilot (open-source)
• Agisoft Photoscan Pro (for the 3D generation)

Jouvet et al. (2017) provided a more recent example using the same system and workflow to generate 10 cm orthoimages of the Bowdoin Glacier in Greenland.

Ryan et al. (2014, their Figure 2)