Classification of glacier zones in western Greenland using albedo and surface roughness from the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 264-275

  Nolin, Anne W ^a   Payne, Meredith C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Glacier zones; Greenland ice sheet; Jakobshavn Glacier; Surface Roughness

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ALBEDO; GLACIER ZONES; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; JAKOBSHAVN GLACIER;

GLACIERS;

ALBEDO; CLOUD COVER; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICE SHEET; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INFRARED IMAGERY; MAPPING; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE;

EID: 33847000924     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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