Combination of SRTM3 and repeat ASTER data for deriving alpine glacier flow velocities in the Bhutan Himalaya

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 463-474

  Kaab A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Digital elevation model; Fusion; Glacier flow; Himalaya; Image matching; Orthoprojection; SRTM; TERRA ASTER

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; GLACIERS; ICE; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RADIOMETERS;

PLATEAU; RIDGE FLOWS; SURFACE PROCESSES; SURFACE VELOCITY;

REMOTE SENSING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER FLOW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ORTHOPHOTO; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; WORLD;

ASTER;

EID: 12944252232     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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