Deriving surface motion of mountain glaciers in the Tuomuer-Khan Tengri Mountain Ranges from PALSAR images

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 101, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-71

  Li, Jia ^a   Li, Zhiwei ^a   Zhu, Jianjun ^a   Ding, Xiaoli ^a,b   Wang, Changcheng ^a   Chen, Jianli ^c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacier; Offset tracking; SAR; Snowline; Velocity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; MELTING; VELOCITY;

DISPLACEMENT FIELD; DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA; ESTIMATION ERRORS; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MOUNTAIN GLACIERS; OFFSET TRACKING; SNOWLINE;

LANDFORMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODING; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALSAR; RUNOFF; SNOW COVER; SURFACE FLUX; TRACKING; VELOCITY PROFILE;

CHINA; MOUNT TUOMUER; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84872252891     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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