Glacier inventory in Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra basins of the Himalaya

National Academy Science Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 497-505

  Sharma, A K ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Kulkarni, A V ^b   Ajai, ^a  

^a Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Brahmaputra basin; Ganga basin; GIS; Glacier inventory; Himalayas; Indus basin; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887259680     PISSN: 0250541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40009-013-0167-6     Document Type: Article

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