 | Remote Sensing of Glaciers: Techniques for Topographic, Spatial and Thematic Mapping of Glaciers Subjects: Environment & Agriculture; Earth Sciences; Geography; Agriculture & Environmental Sciences; Earth Sciences; GIS Remote Sensing & Cartography; Environmental Sciences; Geology - Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Remote Sensing; Glaciers and ice sheets have been melting significantly during recent decades, posing environmental threats at local, regional and global scales. Changes in glaciers are one of the clearest indicators of alterations in regional climate, since they are governed by changes in accumulation (from snowfall) and ablation (by melting of ice). Glacier chan |
