Early recognition of glacial lake hazards in the Himalaya using remote sensing datasets

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 137-152

  Quincey, D J ^a,b   Richardson, S D ^a,b   Luckman, A ^c   Lucas, R M ^a   Reynolds, J M ^b   Hambrey, M J ^a   Glasser, N F ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Reynolds Geo Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hazard development; Himalaya; interferometry; outburst flood; remote sensing; supraglacial lakes

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ERS-1; ERS-2; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE-DAMMED LAKE; INTERFEROMETRY; OUTBURST; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPOT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; XIZANG;

EID: 33847151623     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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