Ice loss rates at the Northern Patagonian Icefield derived using a decade of satellite remote sensing

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-198

  Willis, Michael J ^a   Melkonian, Andrew K ^a   Pritchard, Matthew E ^a   Ramage, Joan M ^b  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASTER; Co registration; Digital Elevation Models; Displacement measurement; Glacier velocity; Mountain glaciers; Normalized cross correlation; Offset tracking; Passive microwave; Patagonia; Remote sensing; SRTM

Indexed keywords

ASTER; COREGISTRATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENTS; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; NORMALIZED CROSS-CORRELATION; OFFSET TRACKING; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PATAGONIA; SRTM;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRACKING RADAR;

SURVEYING;

ASTER; CORRELATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; MASS TRANSPORT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PIXEL; RAINWATER; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; VOID;

AISEN; CHILE; NORTHERN PATAGONIAN ICE FIELD; SAN QUINTIN GLACIER; SAN RAFAEL GLACIER;

EID: 84855445956     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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