Dynamics of Climate Change and Water Resources of Northwestern Himalaya

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Joshi, Rajesh (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kumar, Kireet (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Palni, Lok Man S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Society of Earth Scientists Series,
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.