Selected ARTICLES about Remote Sensing of Glaciers

Antarctica and Greenland are not considered !

Aniya, M., Sato, H., Naruse, R., Skvarca, P. and Casassa, G. (1996): The use of satellite and airborne imagery to inventory outlet glaciers of the Southern Patagonia Icefield, South America, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 62, 1361 - 1369.

Bayr, K. J., Hall, D. K. and Kovalick, W. M. (1994): Observations on glaciers in the eastern Austrian Alps using satellite data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 15, 1733 - 1742.

Binaghi, E., Madella, A., Madella, P. and Rampini, A. (1993): Integration of remote sensing images in a G. I. S. for the study of alpine glaciers, in Winkler (ed.): Remote sensing for monitoring the changing environment of Europe, Balkema, Rotterdam, 173 - 178.

Binaghi, E., Madella, P., Montesano, M. P. and Rampini, A. (1997): Fuzzy contextual classification of multisource remote sensing images, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, GE - 35 (2), 326 - 339.

Bronge, L. B. and Bronge, C. (1999): Ice and snow-type classification in the Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica, using Landsat-TM data and ground radiometer measurements, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 20, 225 - 240.

Della Ventura, A., Rampini, A., Rabagliati, R. and Serandrei Barbero, R. (1983): Glacier monitoring by satellite, Il Nuovo Cimento, C-1, 6, 211 - 221.

Della Ventura, A., Rampini, A. and Serandrei Barbero, R. (1987): Development of a satellite remote sensing technique for the study of alpine glaciers, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 8, 203 - 215.

Dozier, J. (1984): Snow reflectance from Landsat 4 Thematic Mapper, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, GE - 22, 323 - 328.

Dozier, J. (1989): Spectral signature of alpine snow cover from Landsat 5 TM, Remote Sensing of Environment, 28, 9 - 22.

Dozier, J. and Marks, D. (1987): Snow mapping and classification from Landsat Thematic Mapper data, Annals of Glaciology, 9, 97 - 103.

Dowdeswell, J. A. and Cooper, A. P. R. (1986): Digital mapping in polar regions from Landsat photographic products: a case study, Annals of Glaciology, 8, 47 - 50.

Gratton, D. J., Howarth, P. J. and Marceau, D. J. (1990): Combining DEM parameters with Landsat MSS and TM imagery in a GIS for mountain glacier characterization, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, GE - 28, 766 - 769.

Gratton, D. J., Howarth, P. J. and Marceau, D. J. (1993): Using Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper and digital elevation data to determine the net radiation field of a mountain glacier, Remote Sensing of Environment, 43, 315 - 331.

Hall, D. K. and Martinec, J. (1985): Remote sensing of ice and snow, Chapman & Hall.

Hall, D. K., Ormsby, J. P., Bindschadler, R. A. and Siddalingaiah, H. (1987): Characterization of snow and ice zones on glaciers using Landsat Thematic Mapper data, Annals of Glaciology, 9, 104 - 108.

Hall, D. K., Chang, A. T. C. and Siddalingaiah, H. (1988): Reflectances of glaciers as calculated using Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 25, 311 - 321.

Hall, D. K., Bayr, K. J. and Kovalick, W. M. (1989a): Determination of glacier mass balance change using Thematic Mapper data, Proceedings of Eastern Snow Conference, Lake Placid, New York, 7. - 9.6.1988, 192 - 196.

Hall, D. K., Chang, A. T. C., Foster, J. L., Benson, C. S. and Kovalick, W. M. (1989b): Comparison of in situ and Landsat derived reflectances of Alaskan glaciers, Remote Sensing of Environment, 28, 493 - 504.

Hall, D. K., Bindschadler, R. A., Foster, J. L., Chang, A. T. C. and Siddalingaiah, H. (1990): Comparison of in situ and satellite derived reflectances of Forbindels Glacier, Greenland, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 11, 493 - 504.

Hall, D. K., Williams, R. S. Jr. and Bayr, K. J. (1992): Glacier recession in Iceland and Austria, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 73, 129, 135 and 141.

Hall, D. K., Williams, R. S. Jr. and Sigurdsson, O. (1995a): Glaciological Observations on Bruarjökull, Iceland, using synthetic aperture radar and Thematic Mapper satellite data, Annals of Glaciology, 21, 271 - 276.

Hall, D. K., Benson, C. S. and Field, W.O. (1995): Changes of glaciers in Glacier Bay, Alaska, using ground and satellite measurements, Physical Geography, 16, 27 - 41.

Howarth, P. and Ommanney, C. S. (1986): The use of Landsat digital data for glacier inventories, Annals of Glaciology, 8, 90 - 92.

Jacobs, J. D., Simms, E. L. and Simms, A. (1997): Recession of the southern part of Barnes Ice Cap, Baffin Island, Canada, between 1961 and 1993, determined from digital mapping of Landsat TM, Journal of Glaciology, 43, 98 - 102.

Jacobsen, A., Carstensen, A. R. and Kamper, J. (1993): Mapping of satellite derived surface albedo on the Midtluagkat Glacier, Eastern Greenland, using a digital elevation modell and SPOT HRV data, Geografisk Tidsskrift, 93, 6 - 18.

Klein A.G. and Isacks, B. L. (1999): Spectral mixture analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper images applied to the detection of the transient snowline on tropical Andean glaciers. Global and Planetary Change, 22, 139-154.

Knap, W.H. (1998): Satellite-derived and ground-based measurements of the surface albedo of glaciers, PhD Dissertation, University of Utrecht, 173 p.

Koelemeijer, R., Oerlemanns, J. and Tjemkes, S. (1993): Surface reflectance of Hintereisferner, Austria, from Landsat 5 TM imagery, Annals of Glaciology, 17, 17 - 22.

Krimmel, R. M. and Meier, M.F. (1975): Glacier applications of ERTS - 1 images, Journal of Glaciology, 15, 391 - 402.

Li, Z., Sun, W. and Zeng, Q. (1998): Measurements of glacier variation in the Tibetan Plateau using Landsat data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 63, 258 - 264.

Lodwick, G. D. and Paine, S. H. (1985): A digital elevation model of the Barnes Ice-cap derived from Landsat MSS data, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 51, 1937 - 1944.

Marshall, G. J., Rees, W. G. and Dowdeswell, J. A. (1995): The discrimination of glacier facies using multitemporal ERS - 1 SAR data, in: Askne, J. (ed.), Sensors and environmental applications of remote sensing, Balkema, Rotterdam, 263 -269.

Østrem, G. (1975): ERTS - 1 data in glaciology - an effort to monitor glacier mass balance from satellite imagery, Journal of Glaciology, 15, 403 - 415.

Orheim, O. and Lucchitta, B.K. (1987): Snow and ice studies by Thematic Mapper and Multispectral Scanner Landsat images, Annals of Glaciology, 9, 109 - 118.

Rott, H. (1976): Analyse der Schneeflächen auf Gletschern der Tiroler Zentralalpen aus Landsat Bildern, Zeitschrift für Gletscherkunde und Glazialgeologie, 12, 1 - 28.

Rott, H. (1994): Thematic studies in alpine areas by means of polarimetric SAR and optical imagery, Advances in Space Research, 14, 217 - 226.

Rott, H. and Markl, G. (1989): Improved snow and glacier monitoring by the Landsat Thematic Mapper, Proceedings of a workshop on Landsat Themaic Mapper applications, ESA, SP - 1102, 3 - 12.

Rundquist, D. C., Collins, S. C., Barnes, R. B., Bussom, D. E., Samson, S. A. and Peake, J.S. (1980): The use of Landsat digital information for assessing glacier inventory parameters, IAHS, 126, 321 - 331.

Serandrei-Barbero, R., Rabagliati, R., Binaghi, E. and Rampini, A. (1999): Glacial retreat in the 1980s in the Breonie, Aurine and Pusteresi groups (eastern Alps, Italy) in Landsat TM images, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 44 (2), 279-296.

Sidjak, R. W. and Wheate, R. D. (1999): Glacier mapping of the Illecillewaet icefield, British Columbia, Canada, using, Landsat TM and digital elevation data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 20, 273 - 284.

Warren, S. G. (1982): Optical properties of snow, Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics., 20, 67 - 89.

Williams, R.S., Jr. (1983): Remote sensing of glaciers, in: Geological Applications (Williams, R. S., Jr., author-editor), Manual of Remote Sensing, 2nd ed. (Colwell, R. N., ed.-in chief), V. II, Interpretation and Applications (Estes, J. E. and Thorley, G. A., eds.), Falls Church, VA, American Society of Photogrammetry, 1852 - 1866.

Williams, R.S., Jr. (1987): Satellite remote sensing of Vatnajökull, Iceland, Annals of Glaciology, 9, 119 - 125.

Williams, R. S., Jr. and Ferrigno, J. G. (1988): Satellite image atlas of glaciers of the world - Europe, U.S. Geol. Survey, Prof. Paper, 1386 - E, 164 pages.

Williams, R. S., Jr., Hall, D. K. and Benson, C. S. (1991): Analysis of glacier facies using satellite techniques, Journal of Glaciology, 37, 120 - 127.

Williams, R. S., Jr. and Hall, D. K. (1993): Glaciers, in: Gurey, R. J., Foster, J. L. and Parkinson, C. L., Atlas of satellite observations related to global change, Cambridge University Press, 401 - 421.

Williams, R. S., Jr., Hall, D. K., Sigurdsson, O. and Chien, J. Y. L (1997): Comparisson of satellite-derived with ground-based measurements of the fluctuations of the margins of Vatnajökull, Iceland, 1973-1992, Annals of Glaciology, 24, 72 -80.

Williams, R. S.,Jr. and Hall, D. K. (1998): Use of remote-sensing techniques, in: Haeberli, W., Hoelzle, M., and Suter, S., Into the second century of worldwide glacier monitoring: prospects and strategies, UNESCO Publishing, 97 - 111.

Winther, J. G. (1993): Landsat TM derived and in situ summer reflectance of glaciers in Svalbard, Polar Reserach, 12, 37 - 55.

Zeng, Q., Cao, M., Feng, X., Liang, F., Chen, X. and Sheng, W. (1983): A study of spectral reflection characteristics for snow, ice and water in the north of China, IAHS, 145, 451-462.


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