Glacier status in Nepal and decadal change from 1980 to 2010 based on Landsat data

This publication provides a comprehensive account of the status of glaciers of Nepal in approximately 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010 to facilitate a better understanding of glacier dynamics over the past three decades, which contributes to preventing the risks of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF). The glacier inventory was developed based on remote sensing tools and techniques, using semi-automatic multi-resolution segmentation of Landsat satellite images and SRTM digital elevation model.