Challenges and recommendations in mapping of glacier parameters from space: Results of the 2008 global land ice measurements from space (GLIMS) workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 50, Issue 53, 2009, Pages 53-69

  Racoviteanu, Adina E ^a   Paul, Frank ^b   Raup, Bruce ^a   Khalsa, Siri Jodha Singh ^a   Armstrong, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLACIER; GLACIOLOGY; MAPPING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249177569     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410790595804     Document Type: Conference Paper

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