Monitoring spatial and temporal variations of surface albedo on Saint Sorlin Glacier (French Alps) using terrestrial photography

Cryosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 759-771

  Dumont, M ^a,c   Sirguey, P ^b   Arnaud, Y ^a   Six, D ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALBEDO; CLOUD COVER; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; NEAR INFRARED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIOMETER; REFLECTIVITY; SNOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAINT SORLIN GLACIER;

EID: 80053308582     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-5-759-2011     Document Type: Article

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