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Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-67-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-67-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 20, issue 1
Research article
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07 Jan 2026
Research article |  | 07 Jan 2026

Quantifying degradation of the Imja Lake moraine dam with fused InSAR and SAR feature tracking time series

George Brencher, Scott T. Henderson, and David E. Shean

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Glacial lakes are often dammed by moraines, which can fail, causing floods. Traditional methods of measuring moraine dam structure are not feasible for thousands of lakes. We instead developed a method to measure moraine dam movement with satellite radar data and applied this approach to the Imja Lake moraine dam in Nepal. We found that the moraine dam moved ~90 cm from 2017–2024, providing information about its internal structure. These data can help guide limited hazard remediation resources.
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