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Dec 11, 2005 · Glacial lake outbursts, or jökulhlaups, are very high-magnitude floods caused by the sudden drainage of water from a glacial lake. Glacial lakes form on, in, under, or in front of glaciers …
Annual trajectory of global glacial lake variations and the ...
Oct 1, 2024 · Despite extensive studies on glaciers and glacial lake changes, there is still a lack of detailed information on glacier lake evolutions associated with glacial mass balance at an annual …
Temporal and spatial changes of glacial lakes in the central Himalayas ...
Feb 1, 2025 · To ensure the accuracy of the glacial lake boundary, the authors combined Landsat multi-temporal data, Sentinel-2 images and Google Earth images for cross-validation of manual visual …
Contrasting geometric and dynamic evolution of lake and land ...
Aug 1, 2018 · We suggest that these two scenarios of glacier evolution each represent a different phase of glacial lake expansion; one that is accompanied by increasingly dynamic glacier behaviour and …
Glacial lake outburst floods threaten China-Nepal connectivity ...
Oct 20, 2024 · Holistic study of glacial lakes and glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in the strategically important China-Nepal transportation corridors is impera…
Examining the glacier-glacial lake interactions of potentially ...
Dec 1, 2024 · These correlation matrices shed light on the codependency of these variables within the context of glacier environments and climatic dynamics, offering insightful information on the …
Ice-flow adjustments during the transition from land- to lake ...
Dec 15, 2025 · Although most lake-terminating glaciers in the Himalayas exhibit accelerated retreat and thinning, their dynamic response during the transition from land- to lake-terminating conditions …
Glacier and glacial lake changes and their relationship in the context ...
Dec 1, 2013 · In this study we examined the glacier and glacier lake changes and analyzed their characteristics in regard to elevation using satellite data and a digital elevation model over the period …
Glacier mass change and evolution of Petrov Lake in the Ak-Shyirak ...
Dec 15, 2024 · Glacier mass balance measurements reveal changing patterns in the Ak-Shyirak massif, Central Tien Shan, due to climate change. Inaugural proglacial lake level measurements provide …
Moraine-dammed glacial lakes and threat of glacial debris flows in ...
Jun 1, 2022 · Glacier retreat has caused the emergence of numerous moraine-dammed glacial lakes (MGL) over the last century which have become research foci in many …