Status of Glaciers in Kokcha Basin

Digital polygon data of Status of Glaciers in Kokcha Basin during 2005 ± 3 (2002-2008) years. This dataset is created using Landsat ETM+ imageries of respective years. The glacier outlines was derived semi-automatically using object-based image classification (OBIC ) method separately for clean ice and debris cover and further editing and validation was done carefully by draping over the high resolution images from Google Earth. 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: Locational baseline information of glaciers for water resource management, impact of climate change and glacial hazards studies.

Status: Completed

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

( Theme )

Glacier Status
Basin
Climate change
Glacier

Keywords ( Place )

Kokcha
HKH
Amu Darya
Afghanistan

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).