Evaluation of existing image matching methods for deriving glacier surface displacements globally from optical satellite imagery

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 339-355

  Heid, T ^a   Kaab A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glacier; Global; Image matching; Landsat; Optical imagery; Surface displacement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE TEMPLATE; ANTARCTICA; AUTOMATIC MATCHING; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DISPLACEMENT MATRIX; EARTH'S SURFACE; EUROPEAN ALPS; FOURIER METHODS; GLACIER FLOW; GLACIER SURFACE VELOCITY; GLOBAL; GREENLAND; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LANDSAT; LANDSAT IMAGES; LOW-PASS; MATCHING METHODS; MATCHING PROCESS; NORMALIZED CROSS-CORRELATION; OPTICAL IMAGERY; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGERY; OPTICAL SATELLITES; PHASE-CORRELATION ALGORITHM; ROBUST MATCHING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; USER INTERACTION; VISUAL CONTRAST; WINDOW SIZE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; EARTH (PLANET); GLACIERS; MAPPING; PIXELS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

IMAGE MATCHING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; DISPLACEMENT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIER FLOW; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWARE;

ALASKA; ALPS; ARCTIC; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREENLAND; KARAKORAM; PINE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855813621     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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