Glacial lakes and glacial lake outburst flood in a Himalayan basin using remote sensing and GIS

Natural Hazards

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 887-899

  Jain, Sanjay K ^a   Lohani, Anil K ^a   Singh, R D ^a   Chaudhary, Anju ^a   Thakural, L N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Glacier; GLOF; Mike 11; NDSI

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLOOD; GIS; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER; IRS (SATELLITE); NATURAL HAZARD; OUTBURST; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

EID: 84862792370     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0120-x     Document Type: Article

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