A method for sub-pixel scale feature-tracking using Radarsat images applied to the Mertz Glacier Tongue, East Antarctica

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1691-1699

  Giles, A B ^a,c   Massom, R A ^a,b   Warner, R C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c Spurion Technology Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Feature tracking; Glacier flow; Ice sheet; Mertz Glacier; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; FEATURE TRACKING; GLACIER FLOW; ICE SHEET; MERTZ GLACIER; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

CORRELATION METHODS; ERRORS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; ICE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PIXELS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

GLACIERS;

GLACIER; RADARSAT; SEA LEVEL; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TRACKING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MERTZ GLACIER;

EID: 67349111706     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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