Distribution of seasonal snow cover in central and western Himalaya

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 51, Issue 54, 2010, Pages 123-128

  Kulkarni, Anil V ^a   Rathore, B P ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Ajai, ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ALGORITHM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; SNOWLINE;

GANGES BASIN; HIMALAYAS; INDUS BASIN; PAKISTAN;

EID: 79951888957     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756410791386445     Document Type: Article

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