[HTML][HTML] Applications of SAR interferometry in earth and environmental science research

X Zhou, NB Chang, S Li - Sensors, 2009 - mdpi.com
This paper provides a review of the progress in regard to the InSAR remote sensing
technique and its applications in earth and environmental sciences, especially in the past …

[HTML][HTML] Optical remote sensing of glacier characteristics: a review with focus on the Himalaya

AE Racoviteanu, MW Williams, RG Barry - Sensors, 2008 - mdpi.com
The increased availability of remote sensing platforms with appropriate spatial and temporal
resolution, global coverage and low financial costs allows for fast, semi-automated, and cost …

[HTML][HTML] Landsat-8: Science and product vision for terrestrial global change research

DP Roy, MA Wulder, TR Loveland… - Remote sensing of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Landsat 8, a NASA and USGS collaboration, acquires global moderate-resolution
measurements of the Earth's terrestrial and polar regions in the visible, near-infrared, short …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid large-area mapping of ice flow using Landsat 8

M Fahnestock, T Scambos, T Moon, A Gardner… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
We report on the maturation of optical satellite-image-based ice velocity mapping over the
ice sheets and large glacierized areas, enabled by the high radiometric resolution and …

Automatic and precise orthorectification, coregistration, and subpixel correlation of satellite images, application to ground deformation measurements

S Leprince, S Barbot, F Ayoub… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe a procedure to accurately measure ground deformations from optical satellite
images. Precise orthorectification is obtained owing to an optimized model of the imaging …

The glaciers climate change initiative: Methods for creating glacier area, elevation change and velocity products

F Paul, T Bolch, A Kääb, T Nagler, C Nuth… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Glaciers and their changes through time are increasingly obtained from a wide range of
satellite sensors. Due to the often remote location of glaciers in inaccessible and high …

Mapping snow depth from manned aircraft on landscape scales at centimeter resolution using structure-from-motion photogrammetry

M Nolan, C Larsen, M Sturm - The Cryosphere, 2015 - tc.copernicus.org
Airborne photogrammetry is undergoing a renaissance: lower-cost equipment, more
powerful software, and simplified methods have significantly lowered the barriers to entry …

Remote sensing estimates of glacier mass balances in the Himachal Pradesh (Western Himalaya, India)

E Berthier, Y Arnaud, R Kumar, S Ahmad… - Remote Sensing of …, 2007 - Elsevier
Although they correspond to an important fraction of the total area of mountain glaciers
(33,000 km2 out of 546,000 km2), Himalayan glaciers and their mass balance are poorly …

Glacier-surface velocities in alpine terrain from optical satellite imagery—Accuracy improvement and quality assessment

D Scherler, S Leprince, MR Strecker - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2008 - Elsevier
The worldwide retreat of mountain glaciers has important consequences for the water, food,
and power supply of large and densely populated areas in South and Central Asia …

Identification of glacier motion and potentially dangerous glacial lakes in the Mt. Everest region/Nepal using spaceborne imagery

T Bolch, MF Buchroithner, J Peters… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2008 - nhess.copernicus.org
Failures of glacial lake dams can cause outburst floods and represents a serious hazard.
The potential danger of outburst floods depends on various factors like the lake's area and …