Derivation and analysis of a complete modern-date glacier inventory for Alaska and northwest Canada

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 61, Issue 227, 2015, Pages 403-420

  Kienholz, Christian ^a   Herreid, Sam ^a   Rich, Justin L ^a   Arendt, Anthony A ^a   Hock, Regine ^a,b   Burgess, Evan W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacier fluctuations; Glacier mapping; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE COVER; ICE SHEET; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING;

ALASKA; ALASKA RANGE; CANADA; COAST RANGES; KENAI MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938949313     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG14J230     Document Type: Article

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