Estimation of mass balance of Dongkemadi glaciers with multiple methods based on multi-mission satellite data

Quaternary International

Volumn 371, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-66

  Ke, Linghong ^a   Ding, Xiaoli ^a   Song, Chunqiao ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Mass balance; Mountain glaciers; Qinghai Tibet Plateau; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; ICESAT; LANDSAT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

CHINA; DONGKEMADI GLACIER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84930276190     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.02.043     Document Type: Article

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