Characterization of recent glacier decline in the Cordillera Real by LANDSAT, ALOS, and ASTER data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 137, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-172

  Liu, Tong ^a   Kinouchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ledezma, Fabiola ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

ALOS; Band ratio; Glacier retreat; Landsat; Slope orientation

Indexed keywords

ALOS; ALOS AVNIR-2; ANDEAN REGION; BAND RATIOS; GLACIER RETREAT; INHOMOGENEITIES; LANDSAT; SLOPE ANGLES;

REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

SUN;

ALOS; ASTER; AVNIR; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; SATELLITE DATA; SHRINKAGE; SLOPE;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; CORDILLERA REAL [ANDES];

EID: 84880441093     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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