Satellite remote sensing is an effective way to monitor vast extents of global glaciers and
snowfields. However, satellite remote sensing is limited by spatial and temporal resolutions …

This paper deals with the development of glacier map** and glacier fluctuations since the
mid-nineteenth century, with special reference to the Indian Himalayas, and the …

Abstract Knowledge about the long-term response of High Mountain Asian glaciers to
climatic variations is paramount because of their important role in sustaining Asian river flow …

The second Chinese glacier inventory was compiled based on 218 Landsat TM/ETM+
scenes acquired mainly during 2006–10. The widely used band ratio segmentation method …

Rock glaciers are an important component of the cryosphere and are one of the most visible
manifestations of permafrost. While the significance of rock glacier contribution to streamflow …

We report on a glacier inventory for the Canadian Cordillera south of 60° N, across the two
western provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, containing~ 30,000 km2 of glacierized …

Glacier outlines are mapped for the upper Bhagirathi and Saraswati/Alaknanda basins of the
Garhwal Himalaya using Corona and Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and …

Multitemporal space imagery from 1962 (Corona KH-4), 1992 (Landsat TM), 2001 and 2005
(Terra ASTER) was used to investigate the glacier changes in the Khumbu Himal, Nepal …

Knowledge about the coverage and characteristics of glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA)
is still incomplete and heterogeneous. However, several applications, such as modelling of …

Failures of glacial lake dams can cause outburst floods and represents a serious hazard.
The potential danger of outburst floods depends on various factors like the lake's area and …