Glacial lake evolution and glacier–lake interactions in the Poiqu River basin, central Himalaya, 1964–2017

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: GUOQING ZHANG, TOBIAS BOLCH, SIMON ALLEN, ANDREAS LINSBAUER, WENFENG CHEN, WEICAI WANG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2019
• Subjects: central Himalaya; future lake development; glacier and lake mapping; glacier elevation change; glacier–lake interaction; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Glacial Lake; New Lakes; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.13; https://doaj.org/article/65ff326317b54abc93a1293a26afb45e

Despite previous studies, glacier–lake interactions and future lake development in the Poiqu River basin, central Himalaya, are still not well understood. We mapped glacial lakes, glaciers, their frontal positions and ice flow from optical remote sensing data, and calculated glacier surface elevatio...