Database of Himalayan glacial lakes

This dataset contains a shapefile of 2231 Himalayan glacial lakes ranging in size between 875 m² to 5.6 km². The lakes were manually digitized using high-resolution imagery in GoogleEarth in 2015. The dataset has been mapped and used by Schwanghart et al. (2016). In addition, the dataset contains a shapefile of the great circle that describes the Himalayan Arc (Bendick and Bilham, 2001) as well as a polygon shape which segments the Himalayan arc along the the great circle into 99 polygon. <strong>References</strong> Bendick, R. and Bilham, R.: How perfect is the Himalayan arc?, Geology, 29, 791–794, https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029&lt;0791:HPITHA&gt;2.0.CO;2, 2001. Schwanghart, W., Worni, R., Huggel, C., Stoffel, M., and Korup, O.: Uncertainty in the Himalayan energy–water nexus: estimating regional exposure to glacial lake outburst floods, Environ. Res. Lett., 11, 074005, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074005, 2016.本数据集包含2231个喜马拉雅冰川湖的矢量文件（shapefile），湖泊面积介于875平方米至5.6平方千米之间。这些湖泊于2015年依托谷歌地球（GoogleEarth）的高分辨率影像完成手动数字化勾绘。该数据集已被Schwanghart等人（2016年）用于制图研究并得到实际应用。此外，本数据集还包含用于表征喜马拉雅弧的大圆矢量文件（源自Bendick与Bilham，2001年），以及沿该大圆将喜马拉雅弧分割为99个多边形的面状矢量文件。 **参考文献** Bendick, R. and Bilham, R.: 《喜马拉雅弧有多完美？》, *Geology*, 29, 791–794, https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029&lt;0791:HPITHA&gt;2.0.CO;2, 2001. Schwanghart, W., Worni, R., Huggel, C., Stoffel, M., and Korup, O.: 《喜马拉雅地区能量-水耦合关系的不确定性：估算区域冰川湖溃决洪水暴露风险》, *Environ. Res. Lett.*, 11, 074005, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/074005, 2016.