Hazard assessment of glacial lake outburst floods from Kyagar glacier, Karakoram mountains, China

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 55, Issue 66, 2014, Pages 34-44

  Haemmig, Christoph ^a   Huss, Matthias ^a,b   Keusen, Hansrudolf ^a   Hess, Josef ^c   Wegmüller, Urs ^d   Ao, Zhigang ^e   Kulubayi, Wubuli ^f  

^a GEOTEST AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^d GAMMA REMOTE SENSING   (Switzerland)

^e Xinjiang Office for Flood Control   (China)

^f Xinjiang Kashgar Hydrographic and Water Resources Survey Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs j kulhlaups); Glacier hazards; Glacier mass balance; Glacier surges; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FLOW VELOCITY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER SURGE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ICE FLOW; ICE THICKNESS; JOKULHLAUP; OUTBURST; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BED; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY;

KARAKORAM; CHINA;

EID: 84903198522     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/2014AoG66A001     Document Type: Article

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