Dynamics of Climate Change and Water Resources of Northwestern Himalaya
This book is about the Himalayan ranges as a source of fresh water supply and a perennial store house of ice, snow and permafrost as well as a vast repository of rich biodiversity, in the light of climate change. Special attention is given to the dynamics of snow and glaciers in the northwestern Him...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015. |
| Series: | Society of Earth Scientists Series,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13743-8 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Variation in the seasonal snow cover area (sca) for upper bhagirathi basin, india
- Investigating impacts of global change on the dynamics of snow, glaciers and run-off over the himalayan mountains
- Identification of glacial lake and the potentially dangerous glacial lake in the Himalayan basin
- Assessment and simulation of glacial lake outburst floods for a basin in the himalayan region
- A model study of dokriani glacier, uttarakhand
- Critical evaluation and assessment of average annual precipitation in the indus, the ganges and the brahmaputra basins, northern india
- Climate change in the north-western himalaya.