Probability of glacial lake outburst flooding in the Himalaya

The present study aims to determine the probability of glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOF) in the Himalaya. Here, a total of 4198 glacial lakes with larger dimensions (>0.01 km2) were considered. A fusion between Object-based classification (OBC) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was appli...

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Main Authors: Litan Mohanty, Sabyasachi Maiti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Resources, Environment and Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666916121000189