• DocumentCode
    1895355
  • Title

    Expansion of moraine-dammed glacial lake in the central Himalayas from 1977 to 2009

  • Author

    Lizong Wua ; Xin Li ; Mool, P.K. ; Joshi, Sharad ; Shiyin Liu

  • Author_Institution
    Cold & Arid Regions Environ. & Eng. Res. Inst., Lanzhou, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    24-29 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    3164
  • Lastpage
    3167
  • Abstract
    The glacial lakes from 1977 to 2009 in the Nepal-China border region were investigated using satellite imagery. 247 ice-contact or ice-proximal glacial lakes with total area of 126.3km2 in the study area were identified in 2009. The expansion rate of growing lakes are approximately <;70m/year in length and 0.12 km2/year in area since 1977, respectively. The glacial lake growth rate keeps increase from 1977. The expansion rate of growing lake on southern side is greater than that on northern side.
  • Keywords
    geophysical techniques; glaciology; lakes; AD 1977 to 2009; Central Himalayas; Moraine-Dammed glacial lake; Nepal-China border region; ice-contact glacial lakes; ice-proximal glacial lakes; satellite imagery; Earth; Hazards; Image resolution; Lakes; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellites; Glacial lake; Growth rate; Himalayas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • ISSN
    2153-6996
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1003-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049890
  • Filename
    6049890
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1895355