Satellite-derived surface type and melt area of the Greenland ice sheet using MODIS data from 2000 to 2005

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 35-42

  Fausto, Robert S ^a   Mayer, Christoph ^b   Ahlstrøm, Andreas P ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; MELT; MODIS; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SNOW;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 39549086439     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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