Automated mapping of persistent ice and snow cover across the western U.S. with Landsat

ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Volumn 117, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-140

  Selkowitz, David J ^a,b   Forster, Richard R ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaciers; Landsat; Snow and ice

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AUTOMATION; GLACIERS; ICE; MAPPING;

ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION; AUTOMATED APPROACH; ICE AND SNOW COVER; LANDSAT; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; SNOW AND ICE; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; VALIDATION APPROACH;

SNOW;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATA SET; GLACIER; INVENTORY; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING METHOD; PERSISTENCE; SNOW COVER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84963632133     PISSN: 09242716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2016.04.001     Document Type: Article

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