Changes in the glaciers of Chandra-Bhaga basin, Himachal Himalaya, India, between 1980 and 2010 measured using remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5584-5597

  Pandey, Pratima ^a   Venkataraman, Gopalan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVEYING; TRACKING RADAR;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LINEAR IMAGING; MORAINE-DAMMED LAKE; NORTHWEST HIMALAYA; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA; SCANNING SENSORS; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; THEMATIC MAPPERS;

REMOTE SENSING;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LISS; MORAINE; PARAMETERIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CHENAB RIVER;

EID: 84877829143     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2013.793464     Document Type: Article

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