Estimation of mass balance of the grosser Aletschgletscher, swiss alps, from ICESat laser altimetry data and digital elevation models

Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 5614-5632

  Kropáček, Jan ^a,b   Neckel, Niklas ^b   Bauder, Andreas ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DEM; Grosser Aletschgletscher; ICESat; Mass balance; Surface lowering

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GROSSER ALETSCHGLETSCHER; ICESAT; MASS BALANCE; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE ELEVATION CHANGES; SURFACE LOWERING;

SURVEYING;

EID: 84986903142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs6065614     Document Type: Article

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