Erratum to Glacier mapping: A review with special reference to the Indian Himalayas (Progress in Physical Geography, (2009), DOI: 10.1177/0309133309348112);Glacier mapping: A review with special reference to the Indian Himalayas

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 672-704

  Bhambri, Rakesh ^a   Bolch, Tobias ^b  

^a Guru Nanak Khalsa College   (India)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ASTER; Digital elevation model; Glacier fluctuation; Glacier mapping; Indian Himalayas; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350437143     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133310363861     Document Type: Erratum

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