Combining optical and thermal remote sensing data for mapping debris-covered glaciers (Alamkouh Glaciers, Iran)

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-83

  Karimi, Neamat ^a   Farokhnia, Ashkan ^a   Karimi, Laila ^a   Eftekhari, Morteza ^a   Ghalkhani, Hossain ^a  

^a AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alpine glaciers; Optical imagery; Periglacial debris; Supraglacial debris; Thermal imagery

Indexed keywords

ABLATION AREA; ALPINE GLACIER; AUTOMATED MAPPING; DEBRIS COVERED GLACIERS; DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIER; IN-FIELD; NEURAL NETWORK CLASSIFICATION; OPTICAL IMAGERY; PERIGLACIAL; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL IMAGERY; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

MAPPING; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

DEBRIS;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; GLACIER; MAPPING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VALLEY GLACIER;

IRAN;

EID: 83955161092     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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