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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: N. Mulder, S. Grab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academy of Science of South Africa 2010-01-01
Series:South African Journal of Science
Online Access:http://192.168.0.118/index.php/sajs/article/view/10094