Detecting the equilibrium-line altitudes of New Zealand glaciers using ASTER satellite images

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-222

  Mathieu, Renaud ^a,b   Chinn, Trevor ^c   Fitzharris, Blair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c Alpine Processes Consultancy ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Equilibrium line altitude mapping; Glacier; New Zealand; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ASTER; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; ICE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MASS BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 72449127162     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300909509887     Document Type: Article

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