Area and mass changes of Siachen Glacier (East Karakoram)

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 63, Issue 237, 2017, Pages 148-163

  Agarwal, Vibhor ^a,b   Bolch, Tobias ^c,d   Syed, Tajdarul H ^a   Pieczonka, Tino ^d   Strozzi, Tazio ^e   Nagaich, Rishabh ^a  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES   (India)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

area changes; glacier velocity; mass budget; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE COVER; ICE RETREAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

GILGIT-BALTISTAN; PAKISTAN; SIACHEN GLACIER;

EID: 85009971505     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jog.2016.127     Document Type: Article

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