Brief communication: The Khurdopin glacier surge revisited – extreme flow velocities and formation of a dammed lake in 2017

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Steiner, Jakob F., Kraaijenbrink, Philip D. A., Jiduc, Sergiu G., Immerzeel, Walter W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Dammed Lake; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-95-2018; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00007604; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00007561/tc-12-95-2018.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/12/95/2018/tc-12-95-2018.pdf

Glacier surges occur regularly in the Karakoram, but the driving mechanisms, their frequency and its relation to a changing climate remain unclear. In this study, we use digital elevation models and Landsat imagery in combination with high-resolution imagery from the Planet satellite constellation t...