Review and synthesis of climate change studies in the Himalayan region

VS Negi, DC Tiwari, L Singh, S Thakur… - Environment …, 2022 - Springer
There are a few regions in the world, where climate change impacts are more intense than
other regions of the world, and Himalaya is the case. The Himalaya, one of the biodiversity …

Satellite-observed glacier recession in the Kashmir Himalaya, India, from 1980 to 2018

SA Romshoo, M Fayaz, G Meraj… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2020 - Springer
The study, first of its kind in the Kashmir Valley, uses a time series of satellite data (1980–
2018) to determine the glacier health, which is critical for sustaining the perenniality of the …

Recent glacier changes in the Kashmir alpine Himalayas, India

KO Murtaza, SA Romshoo - Geocarto international, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Using Landsat data at decadal interval (1980–2013), the glacier fluctuations (glacier area,
equilibrium line altitude and specific mass balance) of nine benchmark glaciers in Kashmir …

Glacier changes in the Ravi basin, North-Western Himalaya (India) during the last four decades (1971–2010/13)

P Chand, MC Sharma - Global and Planetary Change, 2015 - Elsevier
A glacier inventory of the Ravi basin, north-western Himalaya has been generated for the
year 2002 using Landsat ETM+ and ASTER Global DEM (GDEM V2) as the baseline data …

Glacier recession and glacial lake outburst flood studies in Zanskar basin, western Himalaya

RA Mir, SK Jain, AK Lohani, AK Saraf - Journal of Hydrology, 2018 - Elsevier
Glacier recession and formation of glacial lakes along with outburst flood hazards are
increasing in response to changing climate in the Himalayan region. This study describes …

High resolution inventory and hazard assessment of potentially dangerous glacial Lakes in Upper Jhelum Basin, Kashmir Himalaya, India

R Ahmed, ST Ahmad, GF Wani, RA Mir… - Geocarto …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract In the Himalayan Mountain region, a large number of glacial lakes have developed
in the recent past due to glacier recession under the influence of climate change. In this …

Assessment of recent glacier changes and its controlling factors from 1976 to 2011 in Baspa basin, western Himalaya

RA Mir, SK Jain, SK Jain, RJ Thayyen… - Arctic, antarctic, and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Himalayan glaciers are normally difficult to monitor through field observations because of
highly rugged and extremely inaccessible mountainous terrain. Thus, using Landsat data …

Climate change impact on cryosphere and streamflow in the Upper Jhelum River Basin (UJRB) of north-western Himalayas

T Dar, N Rai, S Kumar, MA Bhat - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2022 - Springer
The critical significance of keeping the current information about the extent and dynamics of
the cryosphere in the Himalayas cannot be understated. The climate of the Himalayas is …

Glacier mapping and change analysis in Chandra basin, Western Himalaya, India during 1971–2016

R Sahu, RD Gupta - International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
For carrying out glacier change analysis in Chandra basin, Western Himalaya, India during
1971–2016, glacier inventory is generated for year 2002 using Landsat Enhanced Thematic …

Climate change and water resources of Himalayan region—review of impacts and implication

BH Mir, R Kumar, MA Lone, FA Tantray - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
Himalayan region is a fragile zone rich in water resources and biodiversity. The critical
balance between the hydrological parameters and the flora and fauna makes it susceptible …