Satellite observations show no net change in the percentage of supraglacial debris-covered area in northern Pakistan from 1977 to 2014

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 61, Issue 227, 2015, Pages 524-536

  Herreid, Sam ^a,b   Pellicciotti, Francesca ^a   Ayala, Alvaro ^a   Chesnokova, Anna ^a,c   Kienholz, Christian ^b   Shea, Joseph ^d   Shrestha, Arun ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Debris covered glaciers; Glacier mapping; Glacier surges

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIOLOGY; ICE COVER; LANDSAT; MAPPING; MOUNTAIN REGION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

KARAKORAM;

EID: 84940387804     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2015JoG14J227     Document Type: Article

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