Mapping debris-covered glaciers and identifying factors affecting the accuracy

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 106-107, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-174

  Bhardwaj, Anshuman ^a,b   Joshi, Pawan Kumar ^a   Snehmani, ^b   Singh, Mritunjay Kumar ^b,c   Sam, Lydia ^d   Gupta, R D ^c  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Ministry of Defence   (India)

^c MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d DRDO   (India)

Author keywords

Hamtah Glacier; Morphometry; Patsio Glacier; Remote sensing; Supraglacial debris

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; AUTOMATION; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEBRIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SURVEYING;

CLASSIFICATION METHODOLOGIES; DEBRIS COVERED GLACIERS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; MORPHOMETRIC PARAMETERS; MORPHOMETRY; OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING DATA; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

MAPPING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; GLACIER; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; MORPHOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84942866825     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2014.07.006     Document Type: Article

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