How big are the McMurdo Dry Valleys? Estimating ice-free area using Landsat image data

Antarctic Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-120

  Levy, Joseph ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; ICE COVER; LAND COVER; LANDSAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 84873844682     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000727     Document Type: Article

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