Hydrology of debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia

KE Miles, B Hubbard, TDL Irvine-Fynn, ES Miles… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region

T Bolch, JM Shea, S Liu, FM Azam, Y Gao… - The Hindu Kush …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

A meta-analysis based review of quantifying the contributions of runoff components to streamflow in glacierized basins

Z He, D Duethmann, F Tian - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Quantifying the contributions of runoff components (CRCs) to streamflow is of significant
importance for understanding the dynamics of water resources under changing climate in …

[HTML][HTML] Untangling the water-food-energy-environment nexus for global change adaptation in a complex Himalayan water resource system

A Momblanch, L Papadimitriou, SK Jain… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Holistic water management approaches are essential under future climate and socio-
economic changes, especially while trying to achieve inter-disciplinary societal goals such …

Impact of climate change on agricultural productivity and food security in the Himalayas: A case study in Nepal

D Bocchiola, L Brunetti, A Soncini, F Polinelli… - Agricultural systems, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The paradigmatic Dudh Koshi basin laid at the toe of Mt. Everest is largely visited by
tourists every year, and yet agricultural productivity and food security therein are at stake …

Elevation-dependent warming of maximum air temperature in Nepal during 1976–2015

S Thakuri, S Dahal, D Shrestha, N Guyennon… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Significant elevation-dependent warming (EDW) of maximum near-surface air temperature
and diurnal temperature range (DTR) has been observed in Nepal (southern central …

Debris-covered glacier anomaly? Morphological factors controlling changes in the mass balance, surface area, terminus position, and snow line altitude of Himalayan …

F Salerno, S Thakuri, G Tartari, T Nuimura… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
What are the main morphological factors that control the heterogeneous responses of debris-
covered glaciers to climate change in the southern central Himalaya? A debate is open …

Evaluation of machine learning algorithms for surface water extraction in a Landsat 8 scene of Nepal

TD Acharya, A Subedi, DH Lee - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
With over 6000 rivers and 5358 lakes, surface water is one of the most important resources
in Nepal. However, the quantity and quality of Nepal's rivers and lakes are decreasing due …

Quantifying the added value of convection-permitting climate simulations in complex terrain: a systematic evaluation of WRF over the Himalayas

R Karki, L Gerlitz, U Schickhoff, T Scholten… - Earth System …, 2017 - esd.copernicus.org
Mesoscale dynamical refinements of global climate models or atmospheric reanalysis have
shown their potential to resolve intricate atmospheric processes, their land surface …

A method for monthly mapping of wet and dry snow using Sentinel-1 and MODIS: Application to a Himalayan river basin

B Snapir, A Momblanch, SK Jain, TW Waine… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Satellite Remote Sensing, with both optical and SAR instruments, can provide
distributed observations of snow cover over extended and inaccessible areas. Both …