Remote sensing study of snowline altitude at the end of melting season, Chandra-Bhaga basin, Himachal Pradesh, 1980-2007

Geocarto International

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 311-322

  Pandey, Pratima ^a   Kulkarni, Anil V ^b   Venkataraman, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

climate; glaciers; Himalaya; remote sensing; snowline altitude

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; MELTING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOWLINE;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84882284863     PISSN: 10106049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2012.705336     Document Type: Article

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