A regional-scale assessment of Himalayan glacial lake changes using satellite observations from 1990 to 2015
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In this paper, the current distribution of glacial lakes across the entire Himalaya and monitor the spatially-explicit evolution of the lakes over five time periods from 1990 to 2015 using a total of 348 Landsat images at 30-m resolution.About:
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Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings
TL;DR: This paper found that the most intensive glacier shrinkage is in the Himalayan region, whereas glacial retreat in the Pamir Plateau region is less apparent, due to changes in atmospheric circulations and precipitation patterns.
An inventory of glacial lakes in the Third Pole region and their changes in response to global warming
TL;DR: In this paper, the first glacial lake in- ventories for the Third Pole were conducted for ~1990, 2000, and 2010 using Landsat TM/ETM+ data.
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Hazard from Himalayan glacier lake outburst floods
TL;DR: A robust probabilistic estimate of average GLOFs return periods in the Himalayan region is presented, drawing on 5.4 billion simulations, and the estimated GLOF hazard is tied to the rate of historic lake outbursts and the number of present lakes, which both are highest in the Eastern Himalayas.
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Unchanged frequency of moraine-dammed glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalaya
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented a consistent Himalayan GLOF inventory derived automatically from all available Landsat imagery since the late 1980s, and more than double the known GLOF count and identify the southern Himalayas as a hotspot region, compared to the more rarely affected Hindu Kush-Karakoram ranges.
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An inventory of historical glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalayas based on remote sensing observations and geomorphological analysis
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed and verified over 60 historical GLOF events across the Himalayas using a comprehensive method that combines literature documentations, archival remote sensing observations, geomorphological analysis, and field investigations.
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Different glacier status with atmospheric circulations in Tibetan Plateau and surroundings
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TL;DR: This paper found that the most intensive glacier shrinkage is in the Himalayan region, whereas glacial retreat in the Pamir Plateau region is less apparent, due to changes in atmospheric circulations and precipitation patterns.
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