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In this paper, an attempt of Alpine glacier flow modeling is performed based on a series of high resolution TerraSAR-X SAR images and a Digital Elevation Model. First, a glacier flow model is established according to the fluid mechanics theory in a simplified framework. Second, the displacement field over the glacier obtained from the sub-pixel image correlation of a series of TerraSAR-X SAR images is used to refine the model obtained previously. The comparison between the data observation and the model prediction allows for the validation of the established model. According to the obtained results, despite the simplifications made in the modeling, the established glacier flow model can provide general satisfactory results. Further investigation and improvement of this glacier flow model seem promising. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper presents the first results obtained with satellite image time series (SITS) acquired by Cosmo-SkyMed (CSK) over the Chamonix Mont-Blanc test-site. A CSK SITS made of 39 images is merged with a TerraSAR-X SITS made of 26 images by using the orbital information and co-registration tools developed in the EFIDIR project. The results are illustrated by the computation of speckle-free images by temporal averaging, by the generation and comparison of topographic interferograms and by the measure of glacier displacement fields by amplitude correlation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]