Keywords:
glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF), permafrost melting, climate change, risk reduction measures
Organizers:
- Dhananjay Regmi, Director, The Himalayan Research Center, Nepal
- Mohan Chand, Post-doc. fellow, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Japan
- Teiji Watanabe, Professor, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Japan
Session description:
Hazards related to glaciers and permafrost give threats to human lives and properties worldwide. This session invites presentations to discuss a wide range of glacier and permafrost hazards. These include state-of-the-art methodologies both in the field and in the laboratory, including various types of remotely sensed technologies, uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) application, GIS presentation, geophysical surveying; traditional field observations and repeat photography; case studies on glacier-related and permafrost-related hazardous events, including GLOF, ice and/or rock avalanche, debris flow, and flush flood; and GLOF risk assessment and assessment modeling, risk reduction measures. This session focuses on the issues in the Himalayas and other parts of high mountains in Asia; however, this session also welcomes presentations from the other parts of the world.