A new glacier inventory on southern Baffin Island, Canada, from ASTER data: II. Data analysis, glacier change and applications

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 22-31

  Paul, Frank ^a   Svoboda, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER; INVENTORY; SATELLITE DATA;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 77249166098     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595921     Document Type: Article

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