About this Research Topic
Natural lakes are a visible surface indicator of climate change across HMA, with implications for ecosystems, hazards, and hydrological resources. While there is increasing recognition of the far-reaching and potentially transboundary significance of lakes across HMA, there lacks a cohesive and coordinated body of literature covering the range of disciplines engaged in monitoring and modelling of related changes. This Research Topic shall address this gap and provide a platform for scientists who are interested in: 1) monitoring lake area, level, volume, water surface temperature, biochemistry, ice phenology changes using a variety of remote sensing , in situ observations; 2) evaluation of lake water balance by combining multi-sensor remote sensing data and model simulation; 3) glacial lake inventory and classification; 4) examination of glacier-lake interaction; 5) past, present and future hazard and risk from glacier lake outburst floods; 6) early warning or risk reduction strategies; 7) the causes and mechanisms of lake changes; and 8) current and future potential of lakes as a hydrological resource.
We are interested in manuscripts addressing:
• Lake area, level, volume changes;
• Lake ice phenology;
• Lake water surface temperature;
• Lake water clarity;
• Lake water balance;
• Glacial lake inventory and classification;
• Glacier-lake interaction;
• Glacial lake outburst flood;
• Hazard and risk mitigation;
• Drivers and mechanisms of lake changes;
• Lakes as a hydrological resource.
Keywords: hydrology, remote sensing, GLOF, High Mountain Asia, lake, glacier
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