Remote sensing of night lights: A review and an outlook for the future

N Levin, CCM Kyba, Q Zhang, AS de Miguel… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Remote sensing of night light emissions in the visible band offers a unique opportunity to
directly observe human activity from space. This has allowed a host of applications including …

High Mountain Asian glacier response to climate revealed by multi-temporal satellite observations since the 1960s

A Bhattacharya, T Bolch, K Mukherjee, O King… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge about the long-term response of High Mountain Asian glaciers to
climatic variations is paramount because of their important role in sustaining Asian river flow …

Remote sensing for international peace and security: Its role and implications

R Avtar, A Kouser, A Kumar, D Singh, P Misra, A Gupta… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Remote sensing technology has seen a massive rise in popularity over the last two decades,
becoming an integral part of our lives. Space-based satellite technologies facilitated access …

The Indian Sundarban mangrove forests: history, utilization, conservation strategies and local perception

A Ghosh, S Schmidt, T Fickert, M Nüsser - Diversity, 2015 - mdpi.com
Covering approximately 10,000 km2 the Sundarbans in the Northern Bay of Bengal is the
largest contiguous mangrove forest on earth. Mangroves forests are highly productive and …

Forty years of urban expansion in Beijing: What is the relative importance of physical, socioeconomic, and neighborhood factors?

X Li, W Zhou, Z Ouyang - Applied Geography, 2013 - Elsevier
Urban expansion is one of the major causes of many ecological and environmental
problems in urban areas and the surrounding regions. Understanding the process of urban …

Identification of potentially dangerous glacial lakes in the northern Tien Shan

T Bolch, J Peters, A Yegorov, B Pradhan… - Natural Hazards, 2011 - Springer
Like in many other parts of the world, the glaciers in northern Tien Shan are receding, and
the permafrost is thawing. Concomitantly, glacial lakes are developing. Historically …

Frontal recession of Gangotri Glacier, Garhwal Himalayas, from 1965 to 2006, measured through high-resolution remote sensing data

R Bhambri, T Bolch, RK Chaujar - Current Science, 2012 - zora.uzh.ch
We report in this communication the length fluctuation and frontal area changes at the snout
of Gangotri Glacier based on high-resolution satellite data from 1965 to 2006. Glacial …

Spatial patterns in glacier characteristics and area changes from 1962 to 2006 in the Kanchenjunga–Sikkim area, eastern Himalaya

AE Racoviteanu, Y Arnaud, MW Williams… - The …, 2015 - tc.copernicus.org
This study investigates spatial patterns in glacier characteristics and area changes at
decadal scales in the eastern Himalaya–Nepal (Arun and Tamor basins), India (Teesta …

Glacial lake evolution and glacier–lake interactions in the Poiqu River basin, central Himalaya, 1964–2017

G Zhang, T Bolch, S Allen, A Linsbauer, W Chen… - Journal of …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Despite previous studies, glacier–lake interactions and future lake development in the Poiqu
River basin, central Himalaya, are still not well understood. We mapped glacial lakes …

Changes of high altitude glaciers from 1969 to 2010 in the Trans-Himalayan Kang Yatze Massif, Ladakh, northwest India

S Schmidt, M Nüsser - Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This study reports changes of small glaciers in the Trans-Himalayan Kang Yatze Massif,
Ladakh, northwest India, between 1969 and 2010. The region covers an area of about 1000 …