Matthew...great, thanks for the update on the bathymetry data...hope we get that eventually. I had an idea on a way to move forward for the time being. I was reading back through your report from 2007. I was thinking that Rudi and I could look at SAR imagery of the sites you photographed for this report. If we can identify the crossing from the image, then we could look at a time series around these dates to see if we can calculate the difference in the ablation/breakup of the crossing point compared to the snow and later the river near that point. So, for example at site X1 on June 6, 2007:
1. Can we see the crossing in the SAR image from that day?
2. If so, how does the snow and ice distribution from this point vary in the 4 weeks leading up to this day and through total breakup of the crossing point?
3. Can differential ablation/breakup be calculated empiracally between the ice road & crossing versus the unaffected tundra and river?
Does this sound like a reasonable approach to start with? If so, I'll make a list of locations for Rudi and see what we can find.
Thanks,
jessie
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