Western disturbances: a review

AP Dimri, D Niyogi, AP Barros, J Ridley… - Reviews of …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Cyclonic storms associated with the midlatitude Subtropical Westerly Jet (SWJ), referred to
as Western Disturbances (WDs), play a critical role in the meteorology of the Indian …

Orographic precipitation

GH Roe - Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 2005‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The influence of surface orography on patterns of precipitation gives rise to some
of the most pronounced climate gradients on Earth, and plays a fundamental role in the …

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 …

Toward a complete Himalayan hydrological budget: Spatiotemporal distribution of snowmelt and rainfall and their impact on river discharge

B Bookhagen, DW Burbank - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
The hydrological budget of Himalayan rivers is dominated by monsoonal rainfall and
snowmelt, but their relative impact is not well established because this remote region lacks a …

Landslide erosion coupled to tectonics and river incision

IJ Larsen, DR Montgomery - Nature Geoscience, 2012‏ - nature.com
The steep topography of mountain landscapes arises from interactions among tectonic rock
uplift, valley incision and landslide erosion on hillslopes. Hillslopes in rapidly uplifting …

Topography, relief, and TRMM‐derived rainfall variations along the Himalaya

B Bookhagen, DW Burbank - Geophysical Research Letters, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Along the southern Himalayan topographic front, the Indian summer monsoon modulates
erosive processes and rates. To investigate the influence of topography and relief on rainfall …

Elevation dependent precipitation and temperature changes over Indian Himalayan region

AP Dimri, E Palazzi, AS Daloz - Climate Dynamics, 2022‏ - Springer
Various studies reported an elevation dependent precipitation and temperature changes in
mountainous regions of the world including the Himalayas. Various mechanisms are …

[PDF][PDF] Land-surface processes and summer-cloud-precipitation characteristics in the Tibetan Plateau and their effects on downstream weather: a review and …

Y Fu, Y Ma, L Zhong, Y Yang, X Guo… - National Science …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Correct understanding of the land-surface processes and cloud-precipitation processes in
the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is an important prerequisite for the study and forecast of the …

Evaluation of precipitation data sets along the Himalayan front

C Andermann, S Bonnet… - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation is one of the main factors which controls surface processes and landscape
morphology. Large orogenic belts such as the Himalayas control precipitation distribution as …

Stable isotope-based paleoaltimetry

DB Rowley, CN Garzione - Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 2007‏ - annualreviews.org
The quantitative estimation of paleoaltitude has become an increasing focus of Earth
scientists because surface elevation provides constraints on the geodynamic mechanisms …