Mapping glaciers in Jotunheimen, South-Norway, during the "little Ice Age" maximum

Cryosphere

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 231-243

  Baumann, S ^a   Winkler, S ^a   Andreassen, L M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GPS; REMOTE SENSING;

JOTUNHEIMEN; NORWAY;

EID: 75749111016     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-3-231-2009     Document Type: Article

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