Dynamics of Climate Change and Water Resources of Northwestern Himalaya

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Joshi, Rajesh (Editor), Kumar, Kireet (Editor), Palni, Lok Man S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Society of Earth Scientists Series,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Hydrology.; Climate change.; Hydrogeology.; Earth Sciences.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.

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...

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.