An inventory and morphometric analysis of British Columbia glaciers, Canada

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 186, 2008, Pages 551-560

  Schiefer, Erik ^a   Menounos, Brian ^a   Wheate, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATABASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER; INVENTORY; MORPHOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 49649116668     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214308785836995     Document Type: Article

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