Review of the status and mass changes of Himalayan-Karakoram glaciers

MF Azam, P Wagnon, E Berthier, C Vincent… - Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
We present a comprehensive review of the status and changes in glacier length (since the
1850s), area and mass (since the 1960s) along the Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region and …

Challenges in understanding the variability of the cryosphere in the Himalaya and its impact on regional water resources

BD Vishwakarma, R Ramsankaran, MF Azam… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Himalaya plays a vital role in regulating the freshwater availability for nearly a billion
people living in the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra River basins. Due to climate change …

Glacier changes and associated climate drivers for the last three decades, Nanda Devi region, Central Himalaya, India

V Kumar, T Shukla, M Mehta, DP Dobhal… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
The glaciers are considered as iconic indicators of climate change, and receding at
differential rates worldwide. Variable retreat rates of glacier termini and inadequate …

The January 2018 to September 2019 surge of Shisper Glacier, Pakistan, detected from remote sensing observations

I Rashid, U Majeed, A Jan, NF Glasser - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
This study analysed the actively surging Shisper Glacier in the Karakoram region of Pakistan
using earth observation data from Landsat 8 OLI and Planet images. Changes in the surface …

An estimate of glacier mass balance for the Chandra basin, western Himalaya, for the period 1984–2012

SA Tawde, AV Kulkarni, G Bala - Annals of Glaciology, 2017 - cambridge.org
An improved understanding of fresh water stored in the Himalaya is crucial for water
resource management in South Asia and can be inferred from glacier mass-balance …

Mass balance and runoff modelling of partially debris-covered Dokriani Glacier in monsoon-dominated Himalaya using ERA5 data since 1979

MF Azam, S Srivastava - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Glacier-wide mass balance and catchment-wide runoff were reconstructed over 1979–2018
for Dokriani Glacier catchment in Garhwal Himalaya (India). A glacier mass balance-runoff …

Retreat of Machoi Glacier, Kashmir Himalaya between 1972 and 2019 using remote sensing methods and field observations

I Rashid, U Majeed, NA Najar, IA Bhat - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Glaciers in the northwestern Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir have been reported
to be retreating at higher rates as compared to other parts of the Himalayan arc. This study …

Analyzing geomorphological and topographical controls for the heterogeneous glacier mass balance in the Sikkim Himalayas

S Guha, RK Tiwari - Journal of Mountain Science, 2023 - Springer
Glacier response patterns at the catchment scale are highly heterogeneous and defined by
a complex interplay of various dynamics and surface factors. Previous studies have …

Evaluating the contribution of avalanching to the mass balance of Himalayan glaciers

S Laha, R Kumari, S Singh, A Mishra, T Sharma… - Annals of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Avalanching is a prominent source of accumulation on glaciers that have high and steep
valley-walls surrounding their accumulation zones. These glaciers are typically …

Brief communication: Thinning of debris-covered and debris-free glaciers in a warming climate

A Banerjee - The Cryosphere, 2017 - tc.copernicus.org
Recent geodetic mass-balance measurements reveal similar thinning rates on glaciers with
or without debris cover in the Himalaya–Karakoram region. This comes as a surprise as a …