Southwest-facing slopes control the formation of debris-covered glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: H. Nagai, K. Fujita, T. Nuimura, A. Sakai
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Stripe; permafrost; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1303-2013; https://doaj.org/article/6073943365f84b40864b40a566cec8a8

To understand the formation conditions of debris-covered glaciers, we examined the dimension and shape of debris-covered areas and potential debris-supply (PDS) slopes of 213 glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya. This was undertaken using satellite images with 2.5 m spatial resolution for manual delineat...