Spectral mixture analysis of Landsat thematic mapper images applied to the detection of the transient snowline on tropical Andean glaciers

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 139-154

  Klein, Andrew G ^a,b   Isacks, Bryan L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Glaciers; Peru; Remote sensing; Snow; South America

Indexed keywords

GLACIER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOWLINE;

BOLIVIA; PERU;

EID: 0033428682     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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