A conceptual model for glacial lake bathymetric distribution

Zhang, Taigang; Wang, Weicai; An, Baosheng

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5137-2023

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5137-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5137-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 12

Research article

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06 Dec 2023

Research article |

| 06 Dec 2023

A conceptual model for glacial lake bathymetric distribution

Taigang Zhang, Weicai Wang, and Baosheng An

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5137-2023-supplement

Data sets

Bathymetry data of glacial lakes in the greater Himalaya Guoqing Zhang https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21569175.v1

Short summary

Detailed glacial lake bathymetry surveys are essential for accurate glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) simulation and risk assessment. We creatively developed a conceptual model for glacial lake bathymetric distribution. The basic idea is that the statistical glacial lake volume–area curves conform to a power-law relationship indicating that the idealized geometric shape of the glacial lake basin should be hemispheres or cones.