Using in situ spectra to explore landsat classification of glacier surfaces

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 27, Issue PARTA, 2014, Pages 42-52

  Pope, Allen ^a   Rees, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albedo; Glacier; Landsat; Multispectral; Remote sensing; Surface classification

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MASS BALANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; LANGJOKULL; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84897578383     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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