Recommendations for the compilation of glacier inventory data from digital sources

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Paul, F ^a   Barry, R G ^b   Cogley, J G ^c   Frey, H ^a   Haeberli, W ^a   Ohmura, A ^d   Ommanney, C S L ^e   Raup, B ^b   Rivera, A ^f   Zemp, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^e Centro de Estudios Científicos ^*  (Canada)

^f CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DATABASE; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; GLACIER RETREAT; MONITORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL DATA;

EID: 75749123698     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595778     Document Type: Article

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