A new glacier inventory for the Jostedalsbreen region, Norway, from Landsat TM scenes of 2006 and changes since 1966

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 52, Issue 59, 2011, Pages 153-162

  Paul, Frank ^a   Andreassen, Liss M ^b   Winsvold, Solveig H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

JOSTEDALSBREEN; NORWAY; SOGN OG FJORDANE;

EID: 84856484886     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756411799096169     Document Type: Article

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