Contemporary spatio-temporal patterns of snow cover over the Drakensberg
Sixteen years of low-resolution Landsat 5 and 7 satellite images were used to construct Boolean images of snow cover over the Drakensberg through a GIS. Contemporary patterns of snow cover, including altitudinal variations, were determined for individual months and various seasons. The seasonal occu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academy of Science of South Africa
2010-01-01
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Series: | South African Journal of Science |
Online Access: | http://archive.sajs.co.za/index.php/SAJS/article/view/96 |