Assessing high altitude glacier thickness, volume and area changes using field, GIS and remote sensing techniques: The case of Nevado Coropuna (Peru)

Cryosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-323

  Peduzzi, P ^a,b   Herold, C ^a   Silverio, W ^c  

^a United Nations Environment Programme   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDEAN OROGENY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GIS; GLACIER; GPS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ICE THICKNESS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLUME; WATER SUPPLY;

AREQUIPA [PERU]; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; NEVADO COROPUNA; PERU;

EID: 77956083161     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-4-313-2010     Document Type: Article

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