South Asian perspective on temperature and rainfall extremes: A review

G Naveendrakumar, M Vithanage, HH Kwon… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change has pushed the natural limits of our environment, creating extreme weather
events that are more frequent and more intense in certain locations around the globe. There …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial performance of multiple reanalysis precipitation datasets on the southern slope of central Himalaya

Y Chen, S Sharma, X Zhou, K Yang, X Li, X Niu… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The performance of gridded precipitation products is especially important over mountainous
regions because of the lack of observations. This study provides a detailed evaluation of the …

The impact of climate change on biodiversity in Nepal: Current knowledge, lacunae, and opportunities

A Bhattacharjee, JD Anadón, DJ Lohman, T Doleck… - Climate, 2017 - mdpi.com
Nepal has an extreme altitudinal range from 60–8850 m with heterogeneous topography
and distinct climatic zones. The country is considered a biodiversity hotspot, with nearly a …

Changes in extreme precipitation and landslides over High Mountain Asia

D Kirschbaum, SB Kapnick, T Stanley… - Geophysical Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract High Mountain Asia is impacted by extreme monsoonal rainfall that triggers
landslides in large proportions relative to global distributions, resulting in substantial human …

Spatio‐temporal variability of extreme precipitation in Nepal

R Talchabhadel, R Karki, BR Thapa… - International Journal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nepal is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts. Extreme weather
events associated with heavy precipitations are the principal causes of landslides, debris …

Tracking 21st century climate dynamics of the Third Pole: An analysis of topo-climate impacts on snow cover in the central Himalaya using Google Earth Engine

A Banerjee, R Chen, ME Meadows, D Sengupta… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Research on the Himalayan cryosphere has increasingly focused on climate change,
considering aspects such as snow cover dynamics, precipitation and temperature trends …

Modeling the future impacts of climate change on water availability in the Karnali River Basin of Nepal Himalaya

P Dahal, ML Shrestha, J Panthi, D Pradhananga - Environmental Research, 2020 - Elsevier
It's unequivocal that the global climate is changing, including the rise in atmospheric
temperature and variability in amount and pattern of precipitation, and the rate of …

[HTML][HTML] Catchment-scale flood hazard map** and flood vulnerability analysis of residential buildings: The case of Khando River in eastern Nepal

S Thapa, A Shrestha, S Lamichhane, R Adhikari… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Study region This study considers the Khando River (a tributary of Koshi River) in eastern
Nepal. Study focus To quantify the hazard and vulnerabilities across one of the frequently …

Achieving water security in Nepal through unravelling the water-energy-agriculture nexus

S Nepal, N Neupane, D Belbase… - … Journal of Water …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article investigates water security in Nepal from the perspective of the water-energy-
agriculture (food) nexus, focusing on pathways to water security that originate in actions and …

[HTML][HTML] The distribution and hydrological significance of rock glaciers in the Nepalese Himalaya

DB Jones, S Harrison, K Anderson, HL Selley… - Global and Planetary …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Nepalese Himalaya, there is little information on the number, spatial
distribution and morphometric characteristics of rock glaciers, and this information is …