Brief communication: An ice-debris avalanche in the Nupchu Valley, Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, eastern Nepal

Byers, Alton C.; Somos-Valenzuela, Marcelo; Shugar, Dan H.; McGrath, Daniel; Chand, Mohan B.; Avtar, Ram

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-711-2024

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-711-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-711-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 2

Brief communication

|

14 Feb 2024

Brief communication |

| 14 Feb 2024

Brief communication: An ice-debris avalanche in the Nupchu Valley, Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, eastern Nepal

Alton C. Byers, Marcelo Somos-Valenzuela, Dan H. Shugar, Daniel McGrath, Mohan B. Chand, and Ram Avtar

Data sets

Earth Explorer USGS https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/

Earth Data NASA https://search.asf.alaska.edu/

Data Access & Tools NSIDC https://nsidc.org/data/hma_dem8m_ct/versions/1#anchor-1

Short summary

In spite of enhanced technologies, many large cryospheric events remain unreported because of their remoteness, inaccessibility, or poor communications. In this Brief communication, we report on a large ice-debris avalanche that occurred sometime between 16 and 21 August 2022 in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area (KCA), eastern Nepal.