Mountain glacier velocity variation during a retreat/advance cycle quantified using sub-pixel analysis of aster images

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 57, Issue 202, 2011, Pages 197-207

  Herman, Frédéric ^a   Anderson, Brian ^b   Leprince, Sébastien ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE THICKNESS; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOUNTAIN REGION; PIXEL; PRECISION; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; FOX GLACIER; FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; TASMAN GLACIER; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

EID: 79953248044     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/002214311796405942     Document Type: Article

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