Decision tree and texture analysis for mapping debris-covered glaciers in the Kangchenjunga area, eastern Himalaya

Remote Sensing

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3078-3109

  Racoviteanu, Adina ^a,b   Williams, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Aster; Debris covered glaciers; Multi spectral; Optical remote sensing; Sikkim himalaya

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIER; MULTI-SPECTRAL; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING; SIKKIM HIMALAYA;

DEBRIS; DECISION TREES; REMOTE SENSING; TEXTURES;

MAPPING;

EID: 84869222016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs4103078     Document Type: Article

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