Study on GLOFs in the Bhutan Himalayas
Event details
| Date | 24.02.2015 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 17:15 |
| Speaker | Dr Kouichi Nishimura, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University (JP) - visiting professor to CRYOS |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) are a major hazard of concern to mountain communities in the Himalayas. In 2009 we started a three-year research project, in which we have conducted evaluation of GLOF risk using satellite data, in-situ surveys, and breach and flood simulations, and have produced a hazard map of possible floods. We have primarily set our focus on the Mangde-Chhu basin, for which the GLOF hazard level has been believed to be high but information regarding mitigation has been lacking. In this presentation, I introduce the strategy of the research project and major results obtained to date.
Short biography:
Kouichi Nishimura was born in Chiba, Japan in 1953 and has been a Professor of Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Japan since 2008. He received a doctor’s degree of Science from Hokkaido University. He is interested in various natural aspects found in the cryoshere, in particular snow in motion. The release mechanism and the dynamics of snow avalanches, and drifting and blowing snow not only around the fence on the road but also over the Antarctic ice sheet are typical examples. Recently he organized the project of the Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOF) research in Bhutan.
Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) are a major hazard of concern to mountain communities in the Himalayas. In 2009 we started a three-year research project, in which we have conducted evaluation of GLOF risk using satellite data, in-situ surveys, and breach and flood simulations, and have produced a hazard map of possible floods. We have primarily set our focus on the Mangde-Chhu basin, for which the GLOF hazard level has been believed to be high but information regarding mitigation has been lacking. In this presentation, I introduce the strategy of the research project and major results obtained to date.
Short biography:
Kouichi Nishimura was born in Chiba, Japan in 1953 and has been a Professor of Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Japan since 2008. He received a doctor’s degree of Science from Hokkaido University. He is interested in various natural aspects found in the cryoshere, in particular snow in motion. The release mechanism and the dynamics of snow avalanches, and drifting and blowing snow not only around the fence on the road but also over the Antarctic ice sheet are typical examples. Recently he organized the project of the Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOF) research in Bhutan.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Organizer
- EESS - IIE
Contact
- Prof. Michael Lehning, CRYOS