Glaciohydrology of the himalaya-karakoram

MF Azam, JS Kargel, JM Shea, S Nepal, UK Haritashya… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region in south Asia is one of the most
heavily glacierized and vulnerable mountainous regions on Earth. The Indus, Ganges, and …

Satellite observed spatiotemporal variability of snow cover and snow phenology over high mountain Asia from 2002 to 2021

Z Tang, G Deng, G Hu, H Zhang, H Pan, G Sang - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate understanding the spatiotemporal variability of snow cover and snow phenology
over High Mountain Asia (HMA) is of great interest because of their vital impacts on the …

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 …

Completing the machine learning saga in fractional snow cover estimation from MODIS Terra reflectance data: Random forests versus support vector regression

S Kuter - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
This study; i) investigates the suitability of two frequently employed machine learning
algorithms in remote sensing, namely, random forests (RFs) and support vector regression …

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 …

Snowmelt erosion: A review

Z Wu, H Fang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
As a vital freshwater resource for one-sixth of the world's population, snowmelt provides
great convenience for residents in terms of livelihood and production, agricultural irrigation …

[HTML][HTML] Attribution analysis of runoff change based on Budyko-type model with time-varying parameters for the Lhasa River Basin, Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

X Sun, Q Dong, X Zhang - Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region The Lhasa River Basin (LRB), Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP), China
Study focus This study investigates the application of three Budyko-type models with time …

Climate dynamics and the effect of topography on snow cover variation in the Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra river basins

A Banerjee, S Kang, MFU Moazzam… - Atmospheric Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The river basins of the Indus-Ganges-Brahmaputra (IGB) are characterized by rapid
population growth, increased water demand, and rapid snow/ice melting, all of which …

A perspective on Rishiganga-Dhauliganga flash flood in the Nanda Devi biosphere reserve, Garhwal Himalaya, India

K Sain, A Kumar, M Mehta, A Verma… - Journal of the …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A ground-based and heliborne survey was conducted immediately after the disaster that
took place on 7th February, 2021 in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Based on these …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning-based estimation of fractional snow cover in the Hindukush Mountains using MODIS and Landsat data

AH Azizi, F Akhtar, J Kusche, B Tischbein… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of snow-covered area (SCA) is vital for effective water resource
management, especially in snowmelt-dependent regions like the Kabul River Basin (KRB). It …