Consideration of the errors inherent in mapping historical glacier positions in Austria from the ground and space (1893-2001)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 566-577

  Hall, Dorothy K ^a   Bayr, Klaus J ^b   Schöner, Wolfgang ^c   Bindschadler, Robert A ^a   Chien, Janet Y L ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Zentralanstalt Meteorol/G   (Austria)

^d GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Austria; Glacier; Mapping

Indexed keywords

ERROR CORRECTION; GLACIERS; MAPPING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS;

REMOTE SENSING;

GLACIER; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE MARGIN; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

AUSTRIA; FLEISSKEES GLACIER; PASTERZE GLACIER;

EID: 0141792269     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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