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A Review on the Estimation of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the Himalayan Region Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System

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Disaster Management in the Complex Himalayan Terrains

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Glacier lake outburst flood (GLOF) is one of the most devastating natural hazards in the Himalayan region. Several studies used identification and size monitoring of glacier lakes in the Himalayan region using remote sensing and GIS. For glacier lake bathymetry, most of the studies used in situ data. However, the collection of bathymetry data of several glacier lakes in the Himalayan region is difficult, time-consuming, and expensive. None of the studies used remote sensing data to estimate the bathymetry of glacier lakes. In this chapter, different types of floods in the Himalayas and the use of remote sensing data to estimate river/coastal bathymetry were reviewed. Furthermore, the application of remote sensing data to estimate glacial lake bathymetry is also discussed.

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    Mohd Talha Anees & Ahmad Farid Bin Abu Bakar

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    Naseem Akhtar & Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir Ishak

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  1. Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

    Shruti Kanga

  2. Department of Ecology, Environment and Remote Sensing, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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Anees, M.T., Akhtar, N., Bakar, A.F.B.A., Ishak, M.I.S. (2022). A Review on the Estimation of Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) in the Himalayan Region Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System. In: Kanga, S., Meraj, G., Farooq, M., Singh, S.K., Nathawat, M.S. (eds) Disaster Management in the Complex Himalayan Terrains . Geography of the Physical Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89308-8_7

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