A multi-criteria framework for judging how susceptible glacial lakes in the Everest region are to outburst floods.
Authors
Nitesh Khadka, Xiaoqing Chen, Yong Nie, Sudeep Thakuri, Guoxiong Zheng and Guoqing Zhang
Published in
Frontiers in Earth Science, volume 8 (2021)
About the study
Not every glacial lake is equally dangerous. This study evaluates glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) susceptibility in the Mahalangur Himalaya, the region around Mount Everest, by combining several criteria describing each lake and its surroundings into one assessment framework.
Contributions
- A multi-criteria framework for assessing GLOF susceptibility
- Its application to the glacial lakes of the Mahalangur Himalaya
- A basis for deciding which lakes to monitor most closely