A glacier inventory for South Tyrol, Italy, based on airborne laser-scanner data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 46-52

  Knoll, Christoph ^a   Kerschner, Hanns ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER; INVENTORY;

BOLZANO; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

EID: 72549094652     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595903     Document Type: Article

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