Debris thickness of glaciers in the Everest area (Nepal Himalaya) derived from satellite imagery using a nonlinear energy balance model

Cryosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1317-1329

  Rounce, D R ^a   McKinney, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIAL DEBRIS; ICE THICKNESS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; NONLINEARITY; PIXEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL;

EID: 84927627136     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-1317-2014     Document Type: Article

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