Space-based mapping of glacier changes using ASTER and GIS tools

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2177-2183

  Khalsa, Siri Jodha Singh ^a   Dyurgerov, Mark B ^a   Khromova, Tatiana ^b   Raup, Bruce H ^a   Barry, Roger G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems (GIS); Remote sensing; Terrain mapping

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; GLACIERS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING;

GLACIER CHANGES; GLACIER RECESSION; SPACE-BASED MAPPING; TERRAIN MAPPING;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 7244255888     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.834636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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