Remote sensing-based hazard assessment of glacial lakes in sikkim himalaya

Current Science

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 359-364

  Babu Govindha Raj, K ^a   Remya, S N ^b   Vinod Kumar, K ^a  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b NRSC Housing Complex   (India)

Author keywords

Glacial lakes; Hazard assessment; Outburst floods; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874696601     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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