Rapid large-area mapping of ice flow using Landsat 8

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 185, Issue , 2016, Pages 84-94

  Fahnestock, Mark ^a   Scambos, Ted ^b   Moon, Twila ^b,c   Gardner, Alex ^d   Haran, Terry ^b   Klinger, Marin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Glaciers; Greenland; Ice flow; Landsat; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; IMAGE ACQUISITION; MAPPING; PIXELS; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; ICE FLOW; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; LANDSAT; OPERATIONAL LAND IMAGER; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGES; RADIOMETRIC RESOLUTION;

ICE;

CLOUD COVER; GLACIER; ICE DRIFT; ICE FLOW; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDSAT; PIXEL; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84949487621     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.11.023     Document Type: Article

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