ICESat derived elevation changes of Tibetan lakes between 2003 and 2009

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-22

  Phan, Vu Hien ^a   Lindenbergh, Roderik ^a   Menenti, Massimo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ICESat; Lake level; MODIS water mask; RANSAC; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ICESAT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LAKE LEVEL; MODIS; RADAR ALTIMETRY; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84864514169     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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