Detecting and quantifying mountain permafrost creep from in situ inventory, space-borne radar interferometry and airborne digital photogrammetry

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2919-2931

  Strozzi, T ^a   Kaab A ^b   Frauenfelder, R ^b  

^a GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; GLACIERS; IN SITU PROCESSING; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ROCK GLACIERS; SPACE-BORNE RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SURFACE FLOWS;

RADAR;

CREEP; INTERFEROMETRY; INVENTORY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 3242746711     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0143116042000192330     Document Type: Article

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