Glacial changes of five southwest British Columbia icefields, Canada, mid-1980s to 1999

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 186, 2008, Pages 469-478

  VanLooy, Jeffrey A ^a   Forster, Richard R ^b  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; ICE THICKNESS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADAR INTERFEROMETRY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 49649104050     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308785836931     Document Type: Article

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