The 2020 glacial lake outburst flood at Jinwuco, Tibet: causes, impacts, and implications for hazard and risk assessment

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Zheng, Guoxiong, Mergili, Martin, Emmer, Adam, Allen, Simon Keith, Bao, Anming, Guo, Hao, Stoffel, Markus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550; info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/333.7-333.9; Glacial Lake; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:166975

We analyze and reconstruct a recent glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) process chain on 26 June 2020, involving the moraine-dammed proglacial lake – Jinwuco (30.356∘ N, 93.631∘ E) in eastern Nyainqentanglha, Tibet, China. Satellite images reveal that from 1965 to 2020, the surface area of Jinwuco ha...