Satellite-derived Alaskan ice-dammed lake drainage events (1985 - 2020)

• Main Authors: Brianna Rick, Daniel McGrath
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Hydroshare
• Subjects: glacial lake outburst flood; ice-dammed lakes; alaska; hazards; glacial lakes; Glacial Lake; Dammed Lake; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:125cac4cd7e0e5bd5aae2470d35d46d54212ca835d65fcfe5e43a81cdd41a80f

Ice-dammed lakes impounded behind glacier dams can undergo multiple fill-and-drain cycles, and rapid drainage can produce damaging floods with significant societal and ecological impacts. Using multitemporal satellite imagery (Landsat and Sentinel-2), we documented 1150 drainage events from 106 ice-...