The status and decadal change of glaciers in Bhutan from the 1980s to 2010 based on satellite data

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 66, 2014, Pages 159-166

  Bajracharya, Samjwal Ratna ^a   Maharjan, Sudan Bikash ^a   Shrestha, Finu ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Glacier mapping; Mountain glaciers; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GLACIER; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; VALLEY GLACIER;

BHUTAN; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84903162309     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014AoG66A125     Document Type: Article

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