Monitoring of great Himalayan glaciers in Patsio region, India using remote sensing and climatic observations

Current Science

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1383-1392

  Negi, H S ^a   Saravana, G ^a   Rout, R ^a   Snehmani, ^a  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glaciers; Remote sensing; Snow line

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888228228     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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