The second Chinese glacier inventory: Data, methods and results

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 61, Issue 226, 2015, Pages 357-372

  Guo, Wanqin ^a   Liu, Shiyin ^a   Xu, Junli ^a   Wu, Lizong ^a   Shangguan, Donghui ^a   Yao, Xiaojun ^b   Wei, Junfeng ^a   Bao, Weijia ^a   Yu, Pengchun ^c   Liu, Qiao ^d   Jiang, Zongli ^e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Geological Survey of Fujian   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^e HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Debris covered glaciers; Glacier delineation; Glacier mapping; Mountain glaciers; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MOUNTAIN; REMOTE SENSING; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84930945011     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG14J209     Document Type: Article

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