Earth observation to investigate occurrence, characteristics and changes of glaciers, glacial lakes and rock glaciers in Poiqu River Basin (Central Himalaya)

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Bolch, Tobias, Tandong, Yao, Bhattacharya, Atanu, Yan, Hu, King, Owen, Lin, Liu, Pronk, Jan B., Rastner, Philipp, Guoqing, Zhang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Himalaya; Glacier changes; Glacier velocity; Geodetic method; Glacial lakes; Rock glacier; Glacial Lake; Pleiades; permafrost
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/0774fb6d-7b95-4db1-933b-8435266f61fc; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14081927; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/25194/1/Bolch_2022_RS_Earth_CC.pdf; https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/14/8/1927

Meltwater from the cryosphere contributes a significant fraction of the freshwater resources in the countries receiving water from the Third Pole. Within the ESA-MOST Dragon 4 project, we addressed in particular changes of glaciers and proglacial lakes and their interaction. In addition, we investig...