Using L-band SAR coherence to delineate glacier extent

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue , 2010, Pages S186-S195

  Atwood, D K ^a   Meyer, F ^a   Arendt, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED LAND OBSERVING SATELLITES; ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; ALPINE GLACIER; AUTOMATED METHODS; COHERENCE IMAGES; CONCERTED EFFORT; DENSE VEGETATION; GLOBAL ACQUISITION; GLOBAL DATABASE; GLOBAL OBSERVATION; L-BAND SAR; LOW-COHERENCE; MOUNTAIN SLOPES; MOUNTAINOUS AREA; ONGOING CHANGES; OPTICAL DATA; OPTICAL IMAGERY; PHASE GRADIENT; PHASED ARRAYS; ROBUST TECHNIQUE; SURFACE AREA;

DEBRIS; DECISION TREES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

GLACIERS;

EID: 77956137284     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m10-014     Document Type: Article

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