TY - JOUR
T1 - Progress and challenges in glacial lake outburst flood research (2017-2021)
T2 - a research community perspective
AU - Emmer, Adam
AU - Allen, Simon K.
AU - Carey, Mark
AU - Frey, Holger
AU - Huggel, Christian
AU - Korup, Oliver
AU - Mergili, Martin
AU - Sattar, Ashim
AU - Veh, Georg
AU - Chen, Thomas Y.
AU - Cook, Simon J.
AU - Correas-Gonzalez, Mariana
AU - Das, Soumik
AU - Diaz Moreno, Alejandro
AU - Drenkhan, Fabian
AU - Fischer, Melanie
AU - Immerzeel, Walter W.
AU - Izagirre, Eñaut
AU - Joshi, Ramesh Chandra
AU - Kougkoulos, Ioannis
AU - Kuyakanon Knapp, Riamsara
AU - Li, Dongfeng
AU - Majeed, Ulfat
AU - Matti, Stephanie
AU - Moulton, Holly
AU - Nick, Faezeh
AU - Piroton, Valentine
AU - Rashid, Irfan
AU - Reza, Masoom
AU - Ribeiro De Figueiredo, Anderson
AU - Riveros, Christian
AU - Shrestha, Finu
AU - Shrestha, Milan
AU - Steiner, Jakob
AU - Walker-Crawford, Noah
AU - Wood, Joanne L.
AU - Yde, Jacob C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Guoqing Zhang and the anonymous referee for their valuable feedback to the initial version of this manuscript. Further, Yves Bühler - NHESS editor - is thanked for handling the manuscript. The authors would like to express their thanks to the scientific standing group on Glacier and Permafrost Hazards in Mountains (GAPHAZ; http: //www.gaphaz.org/, last access: 1 July 2022) of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) and International Permafrost Association (IPA) for the GLOF conference patronage and financial support of this publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Adam Emmer et al.
PY - 2022/9/19
Y1 - 2022/9/19
N2 - Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most concerning consequences of retreating glaciers in mountain ranges worldwide. GLOFs have attracted significant attention amongst scientists and practitioners in the past 2 decades, with particular interest in the physical drivers and mechanisms of GLOF hazard and in socioeconomic and other human-related developments that affect vulnerabilities to GLOF events. This increased research focus on GLOFs is reflected in the gradually increasing number of papers published annually. This study offers an overview of recent GLOF research by analysing 594 peer-reviewed GLOF studies published between 2017 and 2021 (Web of Science and Scopus databases), reviewing the content and geographical focus as well as other characteristics of GLOF studies. This review is complemented with perspectives from the first GLOF conference (7-9 July 2021, online) where a global GLOF research community of major mountain regions gathered to discuss the current state of the art of integrated GLOF research. Therefore, representatives from 17 countries identified and elaborated trends and challenges and proposed possible ways forward to navigate future GLOF research, in four thematic areas: (i) understanding GLOFs - timing and processes; (ii) modelling GLOFs and GLOF process chains; (iii) GLOF risk management, prevention and warning; and (iv) human dimensions of GLOFs and GLOF attribution to climate change.
AB - Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are among the most concerning consequences of retreating glaciers in mountain ranges worldwide. GLOFs have attracted significant attention amongst scientists and practitioners in the past 2 decades, with particular interest in the physical drivers and mechanisms of GLOF hazard and in socioeconomic and other human-related developments that affect vulnerabilities to GLOF events. This increased research focus on GLOFs is reflected in the gradually increasing number of papers published annually. This study offers an overview of recent GLOF research by analysing 594 peer-reviewed GLOF studies published between 2017 and 2021 (Web of Science and Scopus databases), reviewing the content and geographical focus as well as other characteristics of GLOF studies. This review is complemented with perspectives from the first GLOF conference (7-9 July 2021, online) where a global GLOF research community of major mountain regions gathered to discuss the current state of the art of integrated GLOF research. Therefore, representatives from 17 countries identified and elaborated trends and challenges and proposed possible ways forward to navigate future GLOF research, in four thematic areas: (i) understanding GLOFs - timing and processes; (ii) modelling GLOFs and GLOF process chains; (iii) GLOF risk management, prevention and warning; and (iv) human dimensions of GLOFs and GLOF attribution to climate change.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85140578256&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5194/nhess-22-3041-2022
DO - 10.5194/nhess-22-3041-2022
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85140578256
SN - 1561-8633
VL - 22
SP - 3041
EP - 3061
JO - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
JF - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
IS - 9
ER -