Database of Himalayan glacial lakes

<p>This dataset contains a shapefile of 2231 Himalayan glacial lakes ranging in size between 875 m² to 5.6 km². The lakes were manually digitized using high-resolution imagery in GoogleEarth in 2015. The dataset has been mapped and used by <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074005">Schwanghart et al. (2016)</a>. In addition, the dataset contains a shapefile of the great circle that describes the Himalayan Arc (<a href="http://10.1130/dx.doi.org/0091-7613(2001)029&lt;0791:HPITHA&gt;2.0.CO;2">Bendick and Bilham, 2001</a>) as well as a polygon shape which segments the Himalayan arc along the the great circle into 99 polygon.</p> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p>Bendick, R. and Bilham, R.: How perfect is the Himalayan arc?, Geology, 29, 791&ndash;794, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029&lt;0791:HPITHA&gt;2.0.CO;2">https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029&lt;0791:HPITHA&gt;2.0.CO;2</a>, 2001.</p> <p>Schwanghart, W., Worni, R., Huggel, C., Stoffel, M., and Korup, O.: Uncertainty in the Himalayan energy&ndash;water nexus: estimating regional exposure to glacial lake outburst floods, Environ. Res. Lett., 11, 074005, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074005">https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074005</a>, 2016.</p>