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 …

Role of Indian Summer Monsoon and Westerlies on glacier variability in the Himalaya and East Africa during Late Quaternary: Review and new data

O Kumar, AL Ramanathan, J Bakke, BS Kotlia… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of Late Quaternary climatic changes and glacier variability in
the Himalaya and East Africa, focusing on the role of Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM), East …

Recession of Gya Glacier and the 2014 glacial lake outburst flood in the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, India

U Majeed, I Rashid, A Sattar, S Allen, M Stoffel… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study assessed spatiotemporal changes at Gya Glacier, the associated development of
a proglacial lake, and reconstructed the 2014 outburst flood that struck Gya Village in the …

Understanding the interrelationships among mass balance, meteorology, discharge and surface velocity on Chhota Shigri Glacier over 2002–2019 using in situ …

A Mandal, A Ramanathan, MF Azam, T Angchuk… - Journal of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The Himalayan glaciers contribute significantly to regional water resources. However,
limited field observations restrict our understanding of glacier dynamics and behaviour …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Glacier changes on the Nanga Parbat 1856–2020: A multi-source retrospective analysis

M Nüsser, S Schmidt - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Contemporary changes in the Himalayan cryosphere are an important concern in the global
climate change debate. In this context, the glaciers of the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) deserve …

Little Ice Age glacier extent and temporal changes in annual mass balance (2016–2019) of Pensilungpa Glacier, Zanskar Himalaya

M Mehta, V Kumar, S Garg, A Shukla - Regional Environmental Change, 2021 - Springer
Glaciers and climate are known to exhibit positive feedbacks that are important for
comprehending the overall glacier state. This relation is poorly understood in the relatively …

Towards understanding various influences on mass balance of the Hoksar Glacier in the Upper Indus Basin using observations

SA Romshoo, KO Murtaza, T Abdullah - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Mass balance is a good indicator of glacier health and sensitivity to climate change. The
debris-covered Hoksar Glacier (HG) in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) was studied using direct …

Revisiting the 24 year (1994-2018) record of glacier mass budget in the Suru sub-basin, western Himalaya: Overall response and controlling factors

S Garg, A Shukla, PK Garg, B Yousuf, UK Shukla… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glacier mass balance time-series measurements have immense importance in
comprehending the overall regional hydrology and meteorology of the mountain systems …

Decoding the Karakoram anomaly

AP Dimri - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 'Karakoram Anomaly'is termed as the stability or anomalous growth of glaciers
in the central Karakoram, in contrast to the retreat of glaciers in other nearby mountainous …