Refining lake volume estimation and critical depth identification for enhanced glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) event anticipation

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Bazai, N., Carling, P., Cui, P., Hao, W., Guotao, Z., Liu, D., Hassan, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Glacial Lake; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5033332; https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5033332_1/component/file_5033337/5033332.pdf

Climate change leads to changes in glacier mass balance, including steady advancements and surges that reposition the glacier snouts. Glacier advancement can dam proglacial meltwater lakes. Within the Karakoram and surrounding regions, the positive feedback of climate change has resulted in more fre...