Expansion of glacial lakes and its implication for climate changes in the Chinese Himalaya

Dili Xuebao/Acta Geographica Sinica

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 895-904

  Wang, Xin ^a,b   Liu, Shiyin ^b   Mo, Hongwei ^a   Yao, Xiaojun ^b   Jiang, Zongli ^a   Guo, Wanqin ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Expansion of glacial lake area; Himalaya; Implication for climate changes; Variation against altitude

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ASTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOOD; GLACIAL LAKE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OUTBURST; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84864393757     PISSN: 03755444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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