Detection and delineation of glacial lakes and identification of potentially dangerous lakes of Dhauliganga basin in the Himalaya by remote sensing techniques

Abstract Glaciers are retreating and thinning in the high altitude of the Himalayas due to global warming, causing into formation of numerous glacial lakes. It is necessary to monitor these glacial lakes consistently to save properties and lives downstream from probable disastrous glacial lake outbu...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Autor*in:

Jha, Lalan Kumar [verfasserIn]

Khare, Deepak

Format:

Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2016

Schlagwörter:

Dhauliganga catchment

Glacial lake

Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF)

Remote sensing

Landsat

Multispectral image

Normalised Difference Water Index (NDWI)

Anmerkung:

© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: Natural hazards - Springer Netherlands, 1988, 85(2016), 1 vom: 09. Sept., Seite 301-327

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:85 ; year:2016 ; number:1 ; day:09 ; month:09 ; pages:301-327

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DOI / URN:

10.1007/s11069-016-2565-9

Katalog-ID:

OLC2053678496

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