Estimating spatial and temporal variability in surface kinematics of the inylchek glacier, Central Asia, using TerraSAR-X Data

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 9239-9259

  Neelmeijer, Julia ^a   Motagh, Mahdi ^a   Wetzel, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feature tracking; Glacial lake outburst flood; Inylchek glacier; Seasonal surface kinematics; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; KINEMATICS; LAKES; RADAR; SATELLITES; VELOCITY;

FEATURE-TRACKING; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST FLOOD (GLOFS); INTENSITY INFORMATION; NORMAL DISPLACEMENT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TERRASAR-X; X-BAND RADAR SYSTEMS;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 84923621321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6109239     Document Type: Article

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