The Status of Glacial Lakes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Published date: 2018-03-19

Description

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.

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Suggested Citation

ICIMOD. (2018). The Status of Glacial Lakes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya [Data set]. ICIMOD. https://doi.org/10.26066/RDS.35856

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The Status of Glacial Lakes in the Hindu Kush Himalaya - ICIMOD Research Report 2018/1 (2018)

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