GLOF!

Glacial Lake Outburst Floods

Tsho Rolpa in October, 2000

• General
  • ArcNews Online: Glacial Lake Outburst Floods www.esri.com/news/arcnews/summer01articles/glaciallake.html

  • (Bridges-PRTD) On GLOFs in General: GLOF? Jokulhlaup??? www.namche.net/bridges/tsho-rolpa-02.html
• Himalayas
  • ICIMOD: Mountain Development Profile MDP No. 2, September 2001: Glacial Lakes and Glacial Lake Outburst Floods www.icimod.net/publications/profiles/glacial.htm

  • ICIMOD Menris: Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in the Hindu Kush–Himalayawww.icimod.net/focus/gis/esri/glacialfact.htm

  • ICIMOD presents: Inventory of Glaciers, Glacial Lakes, and Glacial Lake Outburst Floods Monitoring and Early-Warning Systems in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region Nepal [sic] www.rrcap.unep.org/glofnepal/guide/movie.html

  • Meteor Communications Corporation: Glacial Lake Flood Warning Systems in the Himalayas www.meteorcomm.com/projects/glof/glof.htm
    • Flood Warning System - Bhote Koshi www.meteorcomm.com/projects/flood-bhote/flood-bhote.htm
    • Flood Monitoring and Warning System - Nepal www.meteorcomm.com/projects/flood-nepal/flood-nepal.htm

• Tsho Rolpa, Rolwaling, Nepal
  • Reports from Bridges-PRTD
    • On GLOFs in General: GLOF? Jokulhlaup??? www.namche.net/bridges/tsho-rolpa-02.html
    • GLOFs: the past predicts the future www.namche.net/bridges/tsho-rolpa-03.html
    • Chronology of Tsho Rolpa GLOF Hazard Response: The Dutch Connectionwww.namche.net/bridges/tsho-rolpa-04.html
    • Chronology of Tsho Rolpa GLOF Hazard Response: Panic! www.namche.net/bridges/tsho-rolpa-05.html
    • Chronology of Tsho Rolpa GLOF Hazard Response: The final solution? www.namche.net/bridges/tsho-rolpa-06.html
    • Hazard Mitigation Efforts at Tsho Rolpawww.namche.net/bridges/tsho-rolpa-01.html
    • Tsho Rolpa Hazard Mitigation Project: The Fix rolwaling.tripod.com/2k/2k-tr-fix.html
    • Tsho Rolpa Hazard Mitigation Project: A Gentler, Dryer Lake? rolwaling.tripod.com/2k/2k-tr-dryer.html

  • Warning and Monitoring Systems International About the remote warning system installed by BC Hydro International (BCHIL) and Meteor Communications Corporation (MCC) www.warnmonitor.com/tsho-rolpa/tsho-frame.htm

  • Himal Hydro & General Construction Limited, Nepal: Tsho Rolpa Glof Risk Reduction Project www.himalhydro.com.np/hh-mtshorolpa.html

  • HMG Nepal Ministry of Science and Technology: Tsho Rolpa GLOG Risk Reduction Project www.dhm.gov.np/tsorol/riskred.htm

  • TSHO ROLPA GLOF WARNING SYSTEM PROJECT, by W.W. BELL (Principal Engineer, B.C. Hydro), T. DONICH (Vice President Engineering, Meteor Communications, Corp.), K.L. GROVES (Senior Engineer, B.C. Hydro), D. SYTSMA (President, Meteor Communications, Corp.) www.iahr.org/membersonly/grazproceedings99/doc/000/000/175.htm

  • The Kathmandu Post (Sept. 21, 2000): "Take GLOF threats seriously" www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2000/sep/sep21/editorial1.htm http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2000/sep/sep21/editorial1.htm