3-D movement mapping of the alpine glacier in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by integrating D-InSAR, MAI and Offset-Tracking: Case study of the Dongkemadi Glacier

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 118, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-68

  Hu, Jun ^a   Li, Zhi Wei ^a   Li, Jia ^a   Zhang, Lei ^b   Ding, Xiao Li ^b   Zhu, Jian Jun ^a   Sun, Qian ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alpine glacier; InSAR; Qinghai Tibetan Plateau; Three dimensional movement; Variance component estimation

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; ITERATIVE METHODS; MOTION COMPENSATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ALPINE GLACIER; INSAR; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; THREE DIMENSIONAL MOVEMENT; VARIANCE COMPONENT ESTIMATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84899880940     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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