Global Land Ice Measurements from Space

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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This is a state-of-the-art interpretive presentation of satellite image data, and analysis of the current state of the world's glaciers. Experts in satellite image analysis of glaciers analyze and interpret the changing nature of glaciers across the globe.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-09-24
Mått:210 x 279 x 51 mm
Vikt:2 277 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Springer Praxis Books
Antal sidor:876
Förlag:Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN:9783662501306

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Innehållsförteckning

Part I. Glacier Monitoring and Fundamentals of Glacier Remote Sensing.- 1. Introduction: Global Glacier Monitoring - long term task.- 2. Theoretical Foundations of Remote Sensing for Glacier Assessement and Mapping.- 3.Radiative Transfer Modeling in Glaciers and Glacier Lakes.- 4. Glacier Mapping and Monitoring Using Multi-Spectral Data.- 5. Digital Terrain Modeling and Glacier Topographic Characterization.- 6. ASTER Data, Data Products and Image Acquisitions.- 7. Quality in GLIMS Glacier Database.- Part II. Regional Chapters.- 8. Mapping of Glaciers in Greenland.- 9. Remote Sensing of Recent Glacier Changes in the Canadian Arctic.- 10. Digital Glacier Database for Svalbard.- 11. Glaciers of Kenai Fjords National Park and Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska.- 12.Glacier Dammed Lakes, Alaska.- 13. Glacier of Chugach, Alaska.- 14. Remote Sensing of Glaciers in the Canadian Cordillera, Western Canada.- 15. ASTER and DEM Change Assessment of Glaciers Near Hoodoo Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.- 16. Glaciers of the Ragged Range, Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories, Canada.- 17. Glaciers and Perennial Snowfields of the U.S. Cordillera.- 18. Remote Sensing of Glaciers and Icecaps in Iceland.- 19. Norway.- 20. European Alps.- 21.Satellite Inventory of Glaciers in Turkey.- 22. Recent Glacier Changes in the Mongolian Altai Mountains: Case Studies from Munkh Khairkhan and Tavan Bogd.- 23. Remote Sensing of Glaciers in Afghanistan and Pakistan.- 24. Himalayan Glaciers.- 25. Glaciers in China and Their Variations.- Part III.- 26. Remote Sensing of Rapidly Diminishing Tropical Glaciers in the Northern Andes.- 27. A New Glacier Inventory of the Southern Patagonia Icefield and Areal Changes 1986-2000.- 28. First Glacier Inventory and Recent Glacier Variations of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and Islands of Southern Chile.- 29. New Zealand's Glaciers.- 30. Monitoring Glacier Changes on the Anatarctic Peninsula.- 31. Mapping Blue Ice Areas and Crevasses in West Antarctica Using ASTER Images, GPS and Radar Measurements.- 32. Remote Sensing of Glaciers of the Subantarctic Islands.- Part IV. Summary.- 33. Executive Summary.