Further Reading


Further reading and useful links for the Glacier Monitoring in the Khumbu Himal area in Nepal Case Study:
 
- Benn, Doug: The Ngozumpa Glacier Project, Aug. 2005.

- Glacier and Snow Mapping Information Service - GLASNOWMAP

- Glaciers online

- GLACIORISK

- Global Land Ice Measurements from Space - GLIMS

- GLOF

- Gspurning, Kostka, Sulzer 2004: Applicability of available Geodata in high mountain environmental research – examples from the Khumbu Himal Area (Nepal).

- ICIMOD

- The National Snow & Ice Data Center

- The World Glacier Monitoring Service

- UNEP
 
 
 
Last update: 16 April 2013


Monitoring of glaciers in the Himalayas

 •  Introduction (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEM3TN0SAKF_0.html)
 •  Glaciers (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEM93O0SAKF_0.html)
 •  Investigation area (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEM69O0SAKF_0.html)
 •  Khumbu's glaciers (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMJFO0SAKF_0.html)
 •  Imja glacier (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEMCHO0SAKF_0.html)

Exercises

 •  Location of the study area, Khumbu Himal (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEM3SO0SAKF_0.html)
 •  Development of glacial lakes in the Khumbu Himal (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEM1AP0SAKF_0.html)
 •  Glacier retreat at Honku glacier (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eduspace_Global_EN/SEM2EP0SAKF_0.html)

Links


Eduspace - Software

 •  LEOWorks 3 (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/LEOWorks3.exe)

Eduspace - Download

 •  glacier_worksheet1.zip (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/eduspace/glacier_worksheet1.zip)
 •  glacier_worksheet2.zip (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/eduspace/glacier_worksheet2.zip)
 •  glacier_worksheet3.zip (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/eduspace/glacier_worksheet3.zip)