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#Fieldnote #SPITechnogrants Fieldwork is often weather-dependent and relies on accurate forecasts. This certainly was the case for #SPITechnogrants beneficiary Daniel Farinotti from ETH Zürich and Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL. In his fieldnote, he shares his experience of conducting a GPR survey of the Gornergletscher with the AIRETH system, a novel helicopter-borne GPR platform: https://lnkd.in/ern8KREN Read more about the project conducted by Daniel Farinotti and a group of researchers based at ETH Zürich and Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL Birmensdorf, and covering the fields of Geophysics, Space Geodesy, and Glaciology: https://lnkd.in/eDNY-K44 💡 SPI Technogrants support Swiss groups developing technologies relevant for research in polar and remote high-altitude regions, including clean technologies increasing the #sustainability of polar and high-altitude research: https://lnkd.in/ekrKCV-z 📸 Daniel Farinotti, all rights reserved #glaciers #climate #polardata #cryosphere #glaciology