Glacier changes in the west Kunlun Shan from 1970 to 2001 derived from Landsat TM/ETM+ and Chinese glacier inventory data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2007, Pages 204-208

  Shangguan, Donghui ^a   Liu, Shiyin ^a,b   Ding, Yongjian ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Ding, Lianfu ^a   Wang, Xing ^a   Xie, Changwei ^a   Li, Gang ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences ^*  (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE CORE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE DATA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 44949099620     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756407782871693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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