Glaciohydrology of the himalaya-karakoram

MF Azam, JS Kargel, JM Shea, S Nepal, UK Haritashya… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region in south Asia is one of the most
heavily glacierized and vulnerable mountainous regions on Earth. The Indus, Ganges, and …

Ice‐Dynamical Glacier Evolution Modeling—A Review

H Zekollari, M Huss, D Farinotti… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glaciers play a crucial role in the Earth System: they are important water suppliers to lower‐
lying areas during hot and dry periods, and they are major contributors to the observed …

Health and sustainability of glaciers in High Mountain Asia

E Miles, M McCarthy, A Dehecq, M Kneib… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Glaciers in High Mountain Asia generate meltwater that supports the water needs of
250 million people, but current knowledge of annual accumulation and ablation is limited to …

[HTML][HTML] Contrasting surface velocities between lake-and land-terminating glaciers in the Himalayan region

JB Pronk, T Bolch, O King, B Wouters, DI Benn - The Cryosphere, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
Meltwater from Himalayan glaciers sustains the flow of rivers such as the Ganges and
Brahmaputra on which over half a billion people depend for day-to-day needs. Upstream …

Land Surface Modeling in the Himalayas: On the Importance of Evaporative Fluxes for the Water Balance of a High‐Elevation Catchment

P Buri, S Fatichi, TE Shaw, ES Miles… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Response of two glaciers in different climate settings of the Tibetan plateau to climate change through year 2100 using a hybrid modeling approach

P Han, D Long, F Zhao, LJ Slater - Water Resources Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) have been continuously retreating over the
past four decades under global warming, affecting water availability for humans and …

Divergent and changing importance of glaciers and snow as natural water reservoirs in the eastern and southern Tibetan Plateau

W Qi, L Feng, X Kuang, C Zheng, J Liu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glaciers and snow are natural water reservoirs in the Tibetan Plateau (TP), affecting
ecosystems, water and food security, and more than one billion downstream people …

Interannual dynamics of ice cliff populations on debris‐covered glaciers from remote sensing observations and stochastic modeling

M Kneib, ES Miles, P Buri, P Molnar… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ice cliffs are common on debris‐covered glaciers and have relatively high melt rates due to
their direct exposure to incoming radiation. Previous studies have shown that their number …

Understanding monsoon controls on the energy and mass balance of glaciers in the Central and Eastern Himalaya

S Fugger, CL Fyffe, S Fatichi, E Miles… - The …, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
The Indian and East Asian summer monsoons shape the melt and accumulation patterns of
glaciers in High Mountain Asia in complex ways due to the interaction of persistent cloud …

Modelled response of debris-covered and lake-calving glaciers to climate change, Kā Tiritiri o te Moana/Southern Alps, New Zealand

B Anderson, AN Mackintosh, R Dadić… - Global and Planetary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glaciers will lose mass during the next decades as the climate warms. While the largest
uncertainty in this mass loss is the global greenhouse gas emissions pathway, on a local or …