The randolph glacier inventory: A globally complete inventory of glaciers

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 60, Issue 221, 2014, Pages 537-552

  Pfeffer, W Tad ^a   Arendt, Anthony A ^b   Bliss, Andrew ^b   Bolch, Tobias ^c,d   Cogley, J Graham ^e   Gardner, Alex S ^f   Hagen, Jon Ove ^g   Hock, Regine ^b,h   Kaser, Georg ⁱ   Kienholz, Christian ^b   Miles, Evan S ^j   Moholdt, Geir ^k   Mölg, Nico ^c   Paul, Frank ^c   Radić, Valentina ^l   Rastner, Philipp ^c   Raup, Bruce H ^a   Rich, Justin ^b   Sharp, Martin J ^m   Andreassen, L M ⁿ   Bajracharya, S ^o   Barrand, N E ^p   Beedle, M J ^q   Berthier, E ^r   Bhambri, R ^s   Brown, I ^t   Burgess, D O ^u   Burgess, E W ^b   Cawkwell, F ^v   Chinn, T ^w   Copland, L ^x   Cullen, N J ^x   Davies, B ^y   De Angelis, H ^t   Fountain, A G ^z   Frey, H ^c   Giffen, B A ^aa   Glasser, N F ^y   Gurney, S D ^ab   Hagg, W ^ac   Hall, D K ^ad   Haritashya, U K ^ae   Hartmann, G ^af   Herreid, S ^b   Howat, I ^ag   Jiskoot, H ^ah   Khromova, T E ^ai   Klein, A ^aj   Kohler, J ^ak   Konig M ^ak   Kriegel, D ^al   Kutuzov, S ^ai   Lavrentiev, I ^ai   Le Bris, R ^c   Li, X ^am   Manley, W F ^a   Mayer, C ^an   Menounos, B ^q   Mercer, A ^t   Mool, P ^o   Negrete, A ^ag   Nosenko, G ^ai   Nuth, C ^g   Osmonov, A ^ao   Pettersson, R ^h   Racoviteanu, A ^ap   Ranzi, R ^aq   Sarikaya, M A ^ar   Schneider, C ^as   Sigurdsson, O ^at   Sirguey, P ^x   Stokes, C R ^au   Wheate, R ^q   Wolken, G J ^av   Wu, L Z ^am   Wyatt, F R ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁿ NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE   (Norway)

^o INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^r LEGOS   (France)

^s WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

^t STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^u GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^v UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^w NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^x UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^y ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^z PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ad NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^af ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^ag OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^ai INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^aj TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ak NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^al GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^am Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^an BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^ao Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

^ap LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^ar FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^as RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^at ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^au DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^av Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Antarctic glaciology; Arctic glaciology; Glacier delineation; Glacier mapping; Remote sensing; Tropical glaciology

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; INVENTORY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904499285     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014JoG13J176     Document Type: Article

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