Terrestrial laser scanning to deliver high-resolution topography of the upper Tarfala valley, arctic Sweden

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Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 383-396

  Carrivick, Jonathan L ^a   Smith, Mark W ^a   Carrivick, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alpine; arctic; geomorphology; light detection and ranging; Storglaci ren; terrestrial laser scanner

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEDROCK; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HILLSLOPE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LASER METHOD; MASS MOVEMENT; SCANNER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

NORRBOTTEN; SWEDEN; TARFALA VALLEY;

EID: 84961286524     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2015.1037569     Document Type: Article

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