Classification of surface types using SIR-C/X-SAR, Mount Everest Area, Tibet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E11, 1998, Pages 25823-25837

  Albright, Thomas P ^a,c   Painter, Thomas H ^a   Roberts, Dar A ^b   Shi, Jiancheng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ICE; IMAGERY; MAPPING; RADAR; SNOW;

EID: 0032566968     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98je01893     Document Type: Article

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