Contemporary spatio-temporal patterns of snow cover over the Drakensberg

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 105, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 228-233

  Mulder, N ^a   Grab, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drakensberg; Satellite Images; Snow cover patterns; Weather systems

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; GIS; LANDSAT; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER;

AFRICA; DRAKENSBERG; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 68849107568     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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