A new glacier inventory on southern Baffin Island, Canada, from ASTER data: I. Applied methods, challenges and solutions

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 11-21

  Svoboda, Felix ^a   Paul, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; INVENTORY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MORAINE; SATELLITE DATA;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 77249174305     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595912     Document Type: Article

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