Development of UAV Based Glacial Lake Outburst Monitoring System

A reliable and accurate glacial monitoring system is being developed with the help of a UAV and high-resolution camera on board. GPS is another major part of system which will help to collect information on glacier melting using reflectrometry principle and complement the information of aerial view of the lake formed due to glacier melting. The information gathered in that way helps the existing human habitat in the vicinity of the glacial lake from Glacial lake Outburst Flood (GLOF), a serious event of North East Indian Himalayan region. The information gathered in that way and generated warning signal are then transmitted to android application which exploits the data for the real time monitoring of the glacier melting as well as increase of area of the lake formed due to glacier melting.