Inferring glacier mass balance using RADARSAT: Results from Peyto Glacier, Canada

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 521-540

  Demuth, Michael ^a   Pietroniro, Alain ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; MASS BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ALBERTA; CANADA; PEYTO GLACIER;

EID: 0033503232     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1999.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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