Glaciers Monitoring and Early Warning System

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Case Study

There are a number of imminent deadly GLOFs situations that have been identified worldwide. Monitoring efforts to help prevent death and destruction in regions that are likely to experience these events. The importance of this situation has magnified over the past century due to increased populations, and the increasing number of glacial lakes that have developed due to glacier retreat. While all countries with glaciers are susceptible to this problem, central Asia, the Andes regions of South America and those countries in Europe that have glaciers in the Alps, have been identified as the regions at greatest risk. (World Glacier Monitoring Service, 2008).Glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) causes disasters to life and property along the path it flows, results serious death tolls and destruction of valuable forests, farms and costly mountain infrastructures

 

Some of institutions/organization that are involve in the monitoring of Glacier;

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· World Glacier Monitoring Service

 

· National Snow and Ice Data Center

 

· Global Land Ice Measurements from Space

 

· Glaciers of American West

 

· University of Cambridge

 

· Development of Operational Monitoring System of European Glaciers Areas

· USGS Glacier Monitoring

· International Glaciology Society

· Remote Sensing of Glaciers

· International Center for Integrated Mountain Development   

 

Design by:

Milan Budhathoki, MS  Geo-Information Science, Salem State University, Salem, MA

m_budhathoki@salemstate.edu

                                                                                                        Last updated on  22nd November,2010

Glacier Monitoring