Glacier Change, Supraglacial Debris Expansion and Glacial Lake Evolution in the Gyirong River Basin, Central Himalayas, between 1988 and 2015

Glacier Change, Supraglacial Debris Expansion and Glacial Lake Evolution in the Gyirong River Basin, Central Himalayas, between 1988 and 2015

Himalayan glacier changes in the context of global climate change have attracted worldwide attention due to their profound cryo-hydrological ramifications. However, an integrated understanding of the debris-free and debris-covered glacier evolution and its interaction with glacial lake is still lack...

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Main Authors: Sheng Jiang, Yong Nie, Qiao Liu, Jida Wang, Linshan Liu, Javed Hassan, Xiangyang Liu, Xia Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-06-01
Series:Remote Sensing
Subjects:
debris cover
GLOFs
remote sensing
climate change
the Himalayas
Gyirong Pass
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/10/7/986

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