Glacier fluctuations between 1975 and 2008 in the Greater Himalaya Range of Zanskar, southern Ladakh |
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Authors: | Ulrich Kamp Martin Byrne Tobias Bolch |
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Institution: | 1 Department of Geography,The University of Montana,Missoula,MT 59812,USA 2 Geographisches Institut,Universitt Zürich,8057 Zürich,Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Glaciers in the Himalaya are often heavily covered with supraglacial debris,making them difficult to study with remotely-sensed imagery alone.Various methods such as band ratios can be used effectively to map clean-ice glaciers;however,a thicker layer of debris often makes it impossible to distinguish between supraglacial debris and the surrounding terrain.Previously,a morphometric mapping approach employing an ASTER-derived digital elevation model has been used to map glaciers in the Khumbu Himal and the T... |
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Keywords: | Glacier Mapping Himalaya Ladakh Monitoring Zanskar |
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