Potential flood volume of Himalayan glacial lakes

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1827-1839

  Fujita, K ^a   Sakai, A ^a   Takenaka, S ^b   Nuimura, T ^a   Surazakov, A B ^c   Sawagaki, T ^d   Yamanokuchi, T ^e  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EM Systems Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOODING; GLACIAL LAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL HAZARD; OUTBURST; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BHUTAN; CHINA; HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; XIZANG;

EID: 84880652193     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1827-2013     Document Type: Article

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