A collection of peer reviewed publications that deal with hazards, exposure or vulnerability and other relevant datasets, with data access. Publications are curated by the consortium.
Hazards
Large rock and ice avalanches frequently produce cascading processes in High Mountain Asia
Zhong et al. (2024) – Open Access + Data; HMA
Collection of rock and ice avalanches in High Mountain Asia.
Comprehensive landslide susceptibility map of Central Asia
Rosi et al. (2023) – Open Access + Restricted Data; CA
Landslide susceptibility map Central Asia.
Snow Avalanche Frequency Estimation (SAFE): 32 years of monitoring remote avalanche depositional zones in high mountains of Afghanistan
Caiserman et al. (2022) – Open Access + Data; AFG
Historic avalanche maps of Afghanistan.
| Publication | Year | Authors | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Quaternary fault database for central Asia | 2016 | Mohadjer et al. | https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/16/529/2016/ |
| Earthquake Induced Landslides triggered by 25 April 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Mw 7.8, Nepal | 2016 | Gnyawali and Adhikari | https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/5874a7cee4b0a829a320bb3e |
| The size, distribution, and mobility of landslides caused by the 2015 Mw7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal | 2018 | Roback et al. | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X1630719X |
| Increasing risk of glacial lake outburst floods from future Third Pole deglaciation | 2021 | Zheng et al. | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-021-01028-3 |
| Snow Avalanche Frequency Estimation (SAFE): 32 years of monitoring remote avalanche depositional zones in high mountains of Afghanistan | 2022 | Caiserman et al. | https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/16/3295/2022/ |
| Development and application of high resolution SPEI drought dataset for Central Asia | 2022 | Pyarali et al. | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-022-01279-5 |
| Comprehensive landslide susceptibility map of Central Asia | 2023 | Rosi et al. | https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/23/2229/2023 |
| A comprehensive and version-controlled database of glacial lake outburst floods in High Mountain Asia | 2023 | Shrestha et al. | https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/3941/2023/essd-15-3941-2023.html |
| Review article: Snow and ice avalanches in high mountain Asia – scientific, local and indigenous knowledge | 2023 | Acharya et al. | https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/23/2569/2023/ |
| Enhanced glacial lake activity threatens numerous communities and infrastructure in the Third Pole | 2023 | Zhang et al. | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44123-z |
| Large rock and ice avalanches frequently produce cascading processes in High Mountain Asia | 2024 | Zhong et al. | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X23004683 |
Exposure
Mass Movement Hazard and Exposure in the Himalaya
Dubey et al. (2024) – Open Access + Data; Himalaya
Exposure to mass flow events in High Mountain Asia.
A regional-scale approach to assessing non-residential building, transportation and cropland exposure in Central Asia
Scaini et al. (2024) – Open Access + Data; CA
Infrastructure and agriculture data use in Central Asia.
Detecting subpixel human settlements in mountains using deep learning: A case of the Hindu Kush Himalaya 1990–2020
Chen et al. (2023) – Open Access + Data; HKH
Settlement data for the Hindukush Himalaya.
| Publication | Year | Authors | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mass Movement Hazard and Exposure in the Himalaya | 2024 | Dubey et al. | https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022EF003253 |
| A regional-scale approach to assessing non-residential building, transportation and cropland exposure in Central Asia | 2024 | Scaini et al. | https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/24/355/2024/ |
| Detecting subpixel human settlements in mountains using deep learning: A case of the Hindu Kush Himalaya 1990–2020 | 2023 | Chen et al. | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425723001761 |
| High-resolution livestock seasonal distribution data on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in 2020 | 2023 | Zhan et al. | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02050-0 |
General datasets
CA-discharge: Geo-Located Discharge Time Series for Mountainous Rivers in Central Asia
Marti et al. (2023) – Open Access + Data; Central Asia
Historic discharge data in Central Asia.
Grazing intensity and human activity intensity data sets on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau during 1990–2015
Sun et al. (2021) – Open Access + Data; Tibetan Plateau
Grazing and human footprint from yearbook data.
| Publication | Year | Authors | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA-discharge: Geo-Located Discharge Time Series for Mountainous Rivers in Central Asia | 2023 | Marti et al. | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02474-8 |
| Grazing intensity and human activity intensity data sets on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau during 1990–2015 | 2021 | Sun et al. | https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/gdj3.127 |
| Glacial lake inventory of high-mountain Asia in 1990 and 2018 derived from Landsat images | 2020 | Wang et al. | https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/12/2169/2020/ |
| Annual 30 m dataset for glacial lakes in High Mountain Asia from 2008 to 2017 | 2021 | Chen et al. | https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/13/741/2021/ |
| Hydrometeorological Network of Namal Valley, Pakistan | 2025 | Sheraz et al. | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-05310-3 |
| Multi-year observations of the high mountain water cycle in the Langtang catchment, Central Himalaya | 2021 | Steiner et al. | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hyp.14189 |
| HKH-PK-2020: Glacial Lake Inventory of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (Pakistan) Derived from PlanetScope Imagery (September 2020) | 2024 | Basit and Siddique | https://zenodo.org/records/15476013 |