Spatio-temporal development of high-mountain lakes in the headwaters of the Amu Darya River (Central Asia)

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-24

  Mergili, Martin ^a   Müller, Johannes P ^a   Schneider, Jean F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Glacial lakes; High mountain environmental change; Pamir; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIAL LAKES; GLACIAL LANDSCAPES; OBSERVATION PERIOD; PAMIR; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SPATIO-TEMPORAL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING; WATER RESOURCES;

LAKES;

ASTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORONA [SATELLITE]; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIER RETREAT; HEADWATER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSAT; MOUNTAIN STREAM; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCE;

AFGHANISTAN; AMU DARYA RIVER; KYRGYZSTAN; PAMIRS; TAJIKISTAN;

EID: 84877346254     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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