Changing surface conditions at Kilimanjaro indicated from multiscale imagery

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-13

  Torbick, Nathan ^a   Ge, Jianjun ^b   Qi, Jiaguo ^c  

^a Applied Geosolutions   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; East Africa; Kilimanjaro; Phonological; Remote sensing; Shift

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DATA SET; DRY SEASON; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE CAP; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; TANZANIA;

EID: 77949359365     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/mrd.981     Document Type: Article

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