Visualising cryospheric images in a virtual environment: Present challenges and future implications

Polar Record

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-310

  Ballagh, Lisa M ^a   Parsons, Mark A ^a   Swick, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; DATA PROCESSING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PERMAFROST; RASTER; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SENSOR;

EID: 34548494360     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: 14753057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247407006523     Document Type: Conference Paper

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