Climate change and glacier retreat in northern Tien Shan (Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan) using remote sensing data

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Bolch, Tobias ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Asia; climate change; glacier mapping; glacier retreat; Tien Shan

Indexed keywords

ASTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; GLACIER RETREAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THEMATIC MAPPING; TREND ANALYSIS;

AKSU VALLEY; ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; KUNGEY ALATAU; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA; ZAILIYSKIY ALATAU;

EID: 33847101311     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.009     Document Type: Article

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