Discrimination of glacier faciès using multi-temporal SAR data

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 44, Issue 146, 1998, Pages 42-53

  Partington, K G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

^c National Ice Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER FACIES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0031736201     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022143000002331     Document Type: Article

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