Changes in glacier volume in the north bank of the Bangong Co Basin from 1968 to 2007 based on historical topographic maps, SRTM, and ASTER stereo images

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 301-311

  Junfeng, Wei ^a,b   Shiyin, Liu ^a   Wanqin, Guo ^a   Junli, Xu ^a,b   Weijia, Bao ^a,b   Donghui, Shangguan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; HISTORICAL RECORD; MASS WASTING; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEREO IMAGE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

BANGONG LAKE; CHINA; KARAKORAM; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84930390252     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: 19384246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/AAAR00C-13-129     Document Type: Article

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