East Asia is greatly impacted by drought. North and southwest China are the regions with
the highest drought frequency and maximum duration. At the interannual time scale, drought …

The Himalayas and their surrounding areas boast vast glaciers rivaling those in polar
regions, supplying vital meltwater to the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers, supporting …

More than 1.4 billion people depend on water from the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra,
Yangtze, and Yellow rivers. Upstream snow and ice reserves of these basins, important in …

The seasonal prediction skill for the Northern Hemisphere winter is assessed using
retrospective predictions (1982–2010) from the ECMWF System 4 (Sys4) and National …

In this paper, studies on extreme climate in China including extreme temperature and
precipitation, dust weather activity, tropical cyclone activity, intense snowfall and cold surge …

Advance knowledge of conflicting trajectories of water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is highly
relevant for water policy and planning, especially for basins that cross national boundaries …

Climate change is likely to have significant effects on the hydrology. The Ganges-
Brahmaputra river basin is one of the most vulnerable areas in the world as it is subject to …

The performance of the new multi-model seasonal prediction system developed in the frame
work of the ENSEMBLES EU project for the seasonal forecasts of India summer monsoon …

This study assesses the temporal changes of Swetvarn and Thelu glaciers between 1968
and 2019 in Rakvarn glacial valley of Bhagirathi basin. Here we utilized high-resolution …

A new index measuring the East Asian winter monsoon is defined using the mean wind
shears of upper-tropospheric zonal wind based on the belief that the physical processes of …