debrisThickness_30m: Data: Debris thickness (30m)

In glacierSMBM: Glacier Surface Mass Balance Model

Description

Distributed debris thickness at the Liligo Glacier (Karakoram, Pakistan)

Usage

data(debrisThickness_30m)

Format

An object of class 'RasterLayer'.

Details

Dataset: Landsat 5

Date: 2011-08-10

Pixel resolution: 30 m

Unit: m

Projection: UTM 43 N

Note: The debris thickness distribution was derived from satellite-based land surface temperatures and meteorological data using the function debrisThicknessPhy (for more information see Groos et al., submitted).

Source

USGS EarthExplorer

References

Groos, A.R., Mayer, C., Smiraglia, C., Diolaiuti, G., and Lambrecht A. (submitted). A first attempt to model region-wide glacier surface mass balances in the Karakoram: findings and future challenges. Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria.

Examples

data(debrisThickness_30m)
plot(debrisThickness_30m)

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