Identifying and mapping very small (<0.5 km2) mountain glaciers on coarse to high-resolution imagery

Small mountain glaciers are an important part of the cryosphere and tend to respond rapidly to climate warming. Historically, mapping very small glaciers (generally considered to be <0.5 km2) using satellite imagery has often been subjective due to the difficulty in differentiating them from pere...

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Main Authors: J. R. Leigh, C. R. Stokes, R. J. Carr, I. S. Evans, L. M. Andreassen, D. J. A. Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143019000509/type/journal_article