Reason Analysis of the Jiwenco Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) and Potential Hazard on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
<p>Location of Jiwenco GLOF site and Nidu river basin.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>Near infrared combined image of Jinwuco glacier lake (left: before the outburst on May 29; right: after the outburst on 27 July 2020) (The blue dotted line is the end of the glacier; Avalanches or ice avalanches are the black lines on the left; the white frame is the site of landslide on the right) Image source: earthexplorer.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>Destroyed Iron Bridge and roads and buildings still in high-risk areas (the first four photos) and restored Iron Bridge to Niwu Township (the bottom).</p> "> Figure 4
<p>The changes of annual air temperature and precipitation of Jiali Station during 1961–2020.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>Comparison of average monthly temperature and precipitation of Jiali Station between 1961–2020 and 2020.</p> "> Figure 6
<p>Sliding zones detected based on the filtered coherence map. The colorscale of coherence map (blue-red-yellow) indicates the coherence value from 0.1 to 0.9. The black pixels denote the shadow or layovered areas. The purple, red and green polygons denote the Jiwenco glacial lake (JGL), the collapsed landslide bodies on 21 June, and possible landslides with low coherence areas, respectively.</p> "> Figure 7
<p>Sidling zone detected based on the wrapped interferogram. The red polygon is the same (suspected) collapsed area outlined in <a href="#remotesensing-13-03114-f006" class="html-fig">Figure 6</a>. The green polygon denotes a slow sliding area above the collapsed zone.</p> "> Figure 8
<p>Nidu river change and distribution of hazard-affected bodies before and after the Jiwenco glacier lake outburst.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area, Data and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data and Methods
2.2.1. Glacier Lake Area and Volume
2.2.2. Glacier Lake Volume
2.2.3. Meteorological Dataset
2.2.4. Interpretation of Topographic Deformation
3. Results
3.1. Area Changes before and after Lake Outburst
3.2. Loss Analysis of Outburst Disaster
4. Discussions
4.1. Temperature and Precipitation Change
4.2. Ice/snow Avalanches and Landslides
4.3. Potential Risk
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Wang, S.; Yang, Y.; Gong, W.; Che, Y.; Ma, X.; Xie, J. Reason Analysis of the Jiwenco Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) and Potential Hazard on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 3114. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163114
Wang S, Yang Y, Gong W, Che Y, Ma X, Xie J. Reason Analysis of the Jiwenco Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) and Potential Hazard on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(16):3114. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163114
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Shijin, Yuande Yang, Wenyu Gong, Yanjun Che, Xinggang Ma, and Jia Xie. 2021. "Reason Analysis of the Jiwenco Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) and Potential Hazard on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau" Remote Sensing 13, no. 16: 3114. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163114