Decadal changes in glacier parameters in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, derived from remote sensing

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 186, 2008, Pages 499-510

  Racoviteanu, Adina E ^a   Arnaud, Yves ^b   Williams, Mark W ^a   Ordoñez, Julio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa e Hidrologa del Peru   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DECADAL VARIATION; GIS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT;

CORDILLERA BLANCA; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 44649085301     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308785836922     Document Type: Article

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