Thermal remote sensing of ice-debris landforms using ASTER: An example from the Chilean Andes

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-382

  Brenning, A ^a   Pena M A ^b   Long, S ^a   Soliman, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; CRYOSPHERE; IMAGING METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; PERMAFROST; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK GLACIER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ANDES; CHILE;

EID: 84859324702     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-367-2012     Document Type: Article

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