High resolution mapping of supra-glacial drainage pathways reveals link between micro-channel drainage density, surface roughness and surface reflectance

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1279-1290

  Rippin, David M ^a   Pomfret, Andrew ^a   King, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b QuestUAV Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Structure from motion; Supra glacial hydrology; Surface roughness; Unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; REFLECTION; SURVEYING; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENERGY EXCHANGES; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MAPPING; REFLECTANCE VALUES; SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; SURFACE REFLECTANCE;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRAINAGE; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIER; MAPPING; MEANDER; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

ARCTIC; MIDRE LOVENBREEN; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84938557271     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3719     Document Type: Article

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