RS analysis of glaciers change in the Heihe River Basin in the last 50 years

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 365-377

  Huai, Baojuan ^a,b   Li, Zhongqin ^a,c   Sun, Meiping ^c   Zhou, Ping ^a   Xiao, Yan ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glacier; Glacier shrinkage; Heihe River Basin; Object oriented extraction method; RS analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

CHINA; GANSU; HEI RIVER;

EID: 84900455179     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11821/dlxb201403008     Document Type: Article

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