Estimation by photogrammetry of the glacier recession on the Cotopaxi Volcano (Ecuador) between 1956 and 1997

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Jordan, E ^a   Ungerechts, L ^a   Caceres B ^b   Penafiel A ^c   Francou, B ^d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INAMHI   (Ecuador)

^c PROMETEO Researcher Instituto Geográfico Militar   (Ecuador)

^d Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Cotopaxi Volcano; Ecuador; Glacier retreat; Photogrammetry; South America

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; ICE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; VOLCANOES;

COTOPAXI VOLCANO; ECUADOR; GLACIER RETREAT;

GLACIERS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER RETREAT; MELTING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

COTOPAXI; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 28544447030     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.2005.50.6.949     Document Type: Article

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