firnMask_30m: Data: Firn mask (30m)

In glacierSMBM: Glacier Surface Mass Balance Model

Description

Firn and snow cover at the Liligo Glacier (Karakoram, Pakistan)

Usage

data(firnMask_30m)

Format

An object of class 'RasterLayer'.

Details

Dataset: Landsat 5

Date: 2011-08-10

Pixel resolution: 30 m

1 = firn, 0 = no firn

Projection: UTM 43 N

Note: The firn and snow cover distribution was derived from a Landsat 5 image (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(firnMask_30m)
plot(firnMask_30m)

glacierSMBM documentation built on May 2, 2019, 3:42 a.m.