An automatic method to create flow lines for determination of glacier length: A pilot study with Alaskan glaciers

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-245

  Le Bris, Raymond ^a   Paul, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Flow lines; Glacier; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED METHODS; AUTOMATIC METHOD; DATA SETS; DIGITAL DATABASE; DIGITAL LINE GRAPHS; GLACIER INVENTORY; K-D TREE; KEY PARAMETERS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; PILOT STUDIES; POTENTIAL METHODS; VECTOR REPRESENTATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; GLACIERS; REMOTE SENSING;

GRAPH THEORY;

ALGORITHM; DATABASE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GLACIER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870840116     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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