On the accuracy of glacier outlines derived from remote-sensing data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 54, Issue 63, 2013, Pages 171-182

  Paul, F ^a   Barrand, N E ^b   Baumann, S ^c   Berthier, E ^d   Bolch, T ^a   Casey, K ^e   Frey, H ^a   Joshi, S P ^f   Konovalov, V ^g   Le Bris, R ^a   Molg N ^a   Nosenko, G ^g   Nuth, C ^h   Pope, A ⁱ   Racoviteanu, A ^j   Rastner, P ^a   Raup, B ^k   Scharrer, K ^l   Steffen, S ^k   Winsvold, S ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^g RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^l ENVEO IT GMBH   (Austria)

^m Norwegian Water Res/Energy Dir   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; DEBRIS FLOW; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 84881653579     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2013AoG63A296     Document Type: Article

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