Modelling of Gangotri glacier thickness and volume using an artificial neural network

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6035-6042

  Haq, Mohd Anul ^a,b   Jain, Kamal ^b   Menon, K P R ^c  

^a NIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROELECTRIC POWER; NEURAL NETWORKS; SEA LEVEL; SURVEYING;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GANGOTRI GLACIER; GLACIER ICE; GLACIERIZED BASINS; ICE THICKNESS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SLOPE INFORMATION; WATER STORAGE;

ICE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLACIER; ICE THICKNESS; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER LEVEL;

GANGOTRI GLACIER; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 84907380167     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.943322     Document Type: Article

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