There is a great demand of supporting spatial data and accurate maps to guide relief work in the areas most affected by the earthquake. We have generated some base maps that can be used in the field and may aid in assessing where to focus earthquake relief in the rural areas of Nepal. The […]
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The earthquake of 25 April has presumably triggered a large avalanche / landslide which has buried the Langtang village under debris. On 25 April during the earthquake a helicopter of Simrik air was on its way to Langtang and Jason Laing on board of the helicopter made a picture of […]
Two new papers with contributions from our research team have been published in Journal of Glaciology and International Journal of Water Resources Development: Pellicciotti F, Stephan C, Miles E, Immerzeel WW and Bolch T (2014) Mass balance changes of the debris-covered glaciers in the Langtang Himal in Nepal between 1974 […]
At the International Symposium on Glaciology in High Mountain Asia in Kathmandu last week Philip’s talk about the multi-temporal monitoring of debris-covered glaciers using unmanned aerial vehicles was awarded “best oral presentation by a student”. He received the award during the banquet from Andrew Mackintosh.
From 1-6 March the Symposium on Glaciology in High Mountain Asia (HMA) was held at the Yak & Yeti in Kathmandu, Nepal. Attendees from our research team were Joe Shea, Patrick Wagnon, Walter Immerzeel, Francesca Pellicciotti, Emily Collier, Pascal Buri, Evan Miles and Philip Kraaijenbrink. The great gathering of glaciologists […]
The following paper is now available online: Ragettli, S., Pellicciotti, F., Immerzeel, W., Miles, E., Petersen, L., Heynen, M., Shea, J., Stumm, D., Joshi, S., Shrestha, A. (2015). Unraveling the hydrology of a Himalayan catchment through integration of high resolution in situ data and remote sensing with an advanced simulation […]
A time lapse video of the retreat of Fox Glacier and the accompanying slope failures has been put online by Brian Anderson. Article about the video on the landslide blog
GlacierHub featured an item about the UAV workshop in Kathmandu and the UAV studies performed by us in Nepal.
Utrecht University together with ICIMOD, FutureWater and Kathmandu University organized a successful workshop in Kathmandu titled “Glacier monitoring in the Himalayas using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” . In the morning a broad overview was presented of potential applications of UAVs in different fields with a particular focus on glaciological applications. In […]