Estimation of ice thickness using surface velocities and slope: Case study at Gangotri Glacier, India

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 220, 2014, Pages 277-282

  Gantayat, Prateek ^a   Kulkarni, Anil V ^a   Srinivasan, J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Glacial rheology; Glacier flow; Glacier modelling; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW FIELD; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIER FLOW; ICE THICKNESS; LAMINAR FLOW; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; RHEOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THEMATIC MAPPING;

GANGOTRI GLACIER; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84903148466     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG13J078     Document Type: Article

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