Glacier changes in the Koshi River basin, central Himalaya, from 1976 to 2009, derived from remote-sensing imagery

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 66, 2014, Pages 61-68

  Shangguan, Donghui ^a,c   Liu, Shiyin ^a   Ding, Yongjian ^a   Wu, Lizong ^a   Deng, Wei ^b   Guo, Wanqin ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a   Xu, Junli ^a   Yao, Xiaojun ^a   Guo, Zhilong ^a   Zhu, Wanwan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glacier fluctuations; Glacier mapping; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GIS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; MELTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER STATION; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOLOGY; MAPPING; RIVER BASIN;

HIMALAYAS; KOSI RIVER;

EID: 84903220155     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014AoG66A057     Document Type: Article

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