Timberline change detection using topographic map and satellite imagery

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-91

  Panigrahy, Sushma ^a   Anitha, D ^a   Kimothi, M M ^a   Singh, S P ^b  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Alpine zone; Central Himalaya; Climate change; Remote sensing; Snow and glacier; Timberline

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONTOUR MAP; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; LOW TEMPERATURE; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW COVER; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TREELINE; UPLAND REGION; VEGETATION COVER;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; NANDA DEVI BIOSPHERE RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 70449096294     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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