A review of groundwater in high mountain environments
LD Somers, JM McKenzie - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain water resources are of particular importance for downstream populations but are
threatened by decreasing water storage in snowpack and glaciers. Groundwater …
threatened by decreasing water storage in snowpack and glaciers. Groundwater …
Looking beyond glaciers to understand mountain water security
Abstract Changes in the mountain cryosphere impact the water security of downstream
societies and the resilience of water-dependent ecosystems and their services. However …
societies and the resilience of water-dependent ecosystems and their services. However …
Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region
The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice
caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush …
caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush …
Groundwater flow and storage processes in an inactive rock glacier
JS Harrington, A Mozil, M Hayashi… - Hydrological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater flow through coarse blocky landforms contributes to streamflow in mountain
watersheds, yet its role in the alpine hydrologic cycle has received relatively little attention …
watersheds, yet its role in the alpine hydrologic cycle has received relatively little attention …
Cryosphere–groundwater connectivity is a missing link in the mountain water cycle
The mountain cryosphere and groundwater play pivotal roles in shaping the hydrological
cycle, yet their connectivity remains incompletely understood. Current knowledge on …
cycle, yet their connectivity remains incompletely understood. Current knowledge on …
Hydrology of debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia
The hydrological characteristics of debris-covered glaciers are known to be fundamentally
different from those of clean-ice glaciers, even within the same climatological, geological …
different from those of clean-ice glaciers, even within the same climatological, geological …
Towards a conceptualization of the hydrological processes behind changes of young water fraction with elevation: a focus on mountainous alpine catchments
A Gentile, D Canone, N Ceperley… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2023 - hess.copernicus.org
The young water fraction (F yw*), defined as the fraction of catchment outflow with transit
times of less than 2–3 months, is increasingly used in hydrological studies that exploit the …
times of less than 2–3 months, is increasingly used in hydrological studies that exploit the …
Land Surface Modeling in the Himalayas: On the Importance of Evaporative Fluxes for the Water Balance of a High‐Elevation Catchment
Abstract High Mountain Asia (HMA) is among the most vulnerable water towers globally and
yet future projections of water availability in and from its high‐mountain catchments remain …
yet future projections of water availability in and from its high‐mountain catchments remain …
Sources of streamflow along a headwater catchment elevational gradient
RM Cowie, JF Knowles, KR Dailey, MW Williams… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract We used End-Member Mixing Analysis (EMMA) to investigate the spatiotemporal
variability of source water contributions to streamflow generation from three headwater …
variability of source water contributions to streamflow generation from three headwater …
A meta-analysis based review of quantifying the contributions of runoff components to streamflow in glacierized basins
Quantifying the contributions of runoff components (CRCs) to streamflow is of significant
importance for understanding the dynamics of water resources under changing climate in …
importance for understanding the dynamics of water resources under changing climate in …