1. Ghost Glacier’s Big
Splash
Kristie Duncan
Ryan Ferdinand
Keegan Smith

2. Outline
•-Ourfocusofstudy
•-Datacollection
•-ChallengesDataCollection
•-DataAnalysis
•-ChallengeswithAnalysis
•-Results
•-Futureanalysis
•-Acknowledgements

3. Whathappened
•August11th2012
•MassiveicefalloffofGhostGlacier

4. WaterSurge
•Impactfromfallcausedawater
surgeinthelakeatthebaseof
mountain
•Alargeamountofwaterwas
displacedandcausedextensive
damagedownstream

5. Threedistinctwaterlinesare
present

6. WaterDisplacement
•MainGoal:
•Quantifyvolumeofwater
displaced
•DothisusingquantumGIS
software

7. DataCollection
•Mappedperimeteroflakewith
TrimbledifferentialGPS
•Icesheetwasunsafetomap
usingdGPS

8. DataCollection
•Recordedtwofixedpointwhere
rangefinderwasused
•Nikonrangefinderandcompass
wereusedtomaptheicesheet

9. SourceofErrorinCollecting
Data

10. SourcesofErrorinCollecting
Data
•UsedpointdatainsteadoflinedataondGPSwhenmapping
perimeter
•Created1pointinsteadofalineperimeter
•OurPDOPforourGPSwaslow
•Roughtopographyledtodifficultytraversingalongwaterlines

11. DataAnalysis
•ExportedTrimblefileasashape
fileontoArcGISprogram
•Usedfixedcoordinates,range
finderdataandacompass
•Trigonometrywemadex&y
coordinatesalongtheicesheet

12. •Picture

13. ChallengeswithAnalysis
•Declination17.5
•Trigonometry
•ZdimensiondatafordGPS

14. CalculatedResults
VolumeusingHighline
•366434.9696
VolumeusingLowline
•112675.2289

15. FutureAnalysis
•UseQuantumGIS

16. Acknowledgements
•ColinLaroque
•GrahamClarke
•MikeDillon

17. Questions?

18. References
•http://www.panoramio.com/photo/59465636
•http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/ghost-glacier-falls-at-
jasper-national-park-causes-avalanche-sunami-and-closes-
trails#slide=51318216
•http://graftec.com/trimble.asp
•http://kulturakomiker.blogspot.ca/2011/09/esri-arcgis-
arcinfo-93-sp1-full.html
•http://geographyeducation.org/whats-new/qgis/