Status of Glaciers in Upper Ganga Basin

The comprehensive baseline information on the glaciers of the HKH region was generated semi-automatically using more than 200 Landsat 7 ETM+ images of 2005 ± 3 years with minimum cloud and snow coverage. The glacier outlines were derived by using object-based image classification method separately for clean-ice and debris-covered glaciers with some manual intervention. The attribute data were assigned to each glacier using 90m resolution SRTM DEM.

Date ( Publication ): 2011-12-04

Author

ICIMOD - Mr. Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya ( Remote Sensing Specialist )

Nepal

977-1-5003222

Author

ICIMOD - Mr. Sudan Bikash Maharjan ( Research Associate RS/GIS )

Nepal

977-1-5003222

Author

ICIMOD - Ms. Finu Shrestha ( Research Associate GIS )

Nepal

977-1-5003222

Purpose: The glacier data provides the status and baseline information of glaciers to the researchers, scientists and policy makers in the field of glacier melt water resource management, impact of climate change study and to reduce glacial hazards.

Status: Completed

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

( Theme )

Glacier Status
Glacier

Keywords ( Place )

Upper Ganga
Ganges
India
HKH
Bhagirathi
Mandakini
Pindar
Alaknanda
Bhilanga

Use limitation: Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2011). Status of Glaciers in Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) Region [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.9359

Use limitation: Free to use with copyright to ICIMOD. Citation: Bajracharya, SR; Shrestha, B (eds) (2011) The status of glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region. Kathmandu: ICIMOD, (http://lib.icimod.org/record/9419