Classification of freshwater ice conditions on the Alaskan Arctic Coastal Plain using ground penetrating radar and TerraSAR-X satellite data

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 8267-8279

  Jones, Benjamin M ^a   Gusmeroli, Alessio ^b   Arp, Christopher D ^c   Strozzi, Tazio ^d   Grosse, Guido ^b   Gaglioti, Benjamin V ^a,c   Whitman, Matthew S ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^d GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

^e BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE PIERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LAKES; LAND USE; RIVERS; SATELLITES; SPACE-BASED RADAR; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCTIC COASTAL PLAINS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER HABITATS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HABITAT DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE FEATURE; PERMAFROST DEGRADATION;

ICE;

COASTAL PLAIN; GIS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; ICE; LAKE; POND; RIVER CHANNEL; SATELLITE DATA; STREAM; TERRASAR-X;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84886933697     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2150704X.2013.834392     Document Type: Article

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