The Status of Glacial Lakes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

The comprehensive baseline information on the glacial lakes of the Hindu Kush Himalaya was generated semi-automatically using more than 200 Landsat 5 TM and Landsat 7 ETM+ images of 2005 ± 2 years with minimum cloud and snow coverage. The glacial lakes were mapped by using band ratio threshold condition method and some manual intervention. The attribute data were assigned using 90m resolution SRTM DEM.

Date ( Publication ): 2018-03-19

Author

ICIMOD - Mr. Sudan Bikash Maharjan ( Remote Sensing Analyst - Cryosphere )

Nepal

977-1-5075222

Purpose: This data provides the status and baseline information of glacial lakes to the researchers, scientists and policy makers in the field of glacier melt water resource management, impact of climate change study, GLOF hazard and risk assessment, and mitigation measures.

Status: Completed

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

( Theme )

Glacial Lakes
Status
GLOF
Cryosphere

Keywords ( Place )

HKH
Amu Darya
Indus
Ganges
Brahmaputra
Irrawaddy
Afghanistan
Bhutan
China
India
Nepal
Pakistan

Use limitation: Free to use with attribution to the source. Suggested citation: ICIMOD. (2018). The Status of Glacial Lakes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.35856

Use limitation: Free to use with copyright to ICIMOD. Citation: Maharjan, S.B., Mool, P.K., Lizong, W., Xiao, G., Shrestha, F., Shrestha, R.B., Khanal, N.R.,Bajracharya, S.R., Joshi, S., Shahi, S., Baral, P. (2018). The status of glacial lakes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. ICIMOD Research Report 2018/1. Kathmandu: ICIMOD, (http://lib.icimod.org/record/33736)