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Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2983-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2983-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 7
Data description paper
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12 Jul 2023
Data description paper |  | 12 Jul 2023

A global database of historic glacier lake outburst floods

Natalie Lützow, Georg Veh, and Oliver Korup

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Glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a prominent natural hazard, and climate change may change their magnitude, frequency, and impacts. A global, literature-based GLOF inventory is introduced, entailing 3151 reported GLOFs. The reporting density varies temporally and regionally, with most cases occurring in NW North America. Since 1900, the number of yearly documented GLOFs has increased 6-fold. However, many GLOFs have incomplete records, and we call for a systematic reporting protocol.
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