Monitoring Himalayan cryosphere using remote sensing techniques

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-469

  Kulkarni, Anil V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Glacier; Himalaya; Remote sensing; Snow

Indexed keywords

CRYOSPHERE; DEGLACIATIONS; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; GLACIAL RETREAT; HIMALAYA; HIMALAYAN RIVERS; HIMALAYAS; MASS BALANCE; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; SEASONAL SNOW COVER; SNOW ABLATION; SNOW COVERS; SNOWLINE; WINTER SEASONS; WINTER TIME;

ABLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF;

SNOW;

EID: 79954605845     PISSN: 09704140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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