Glacier inventory of the Gran Campo Nevado Ice Cap in the Southern Andes and glacier changes observed during recent decades

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 59, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 87-100

  Schneider, Christoph ^a   Schnirch, Michael ^b   Acuña, César ^c   Casassa, Gino ^c   Kilian, Rolf ^d  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

digital photogrammetry; geographical information systems (GIS); glacier change; glacier inventory; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; GIS; GLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE DATA;

CHILE; GRAN CAMPO NEVADO; MAGALLANES; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 35148831232     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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