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Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate

This paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the water storage properties of glaciers and seasonal snow, carried out for the first time at a major river basin scale, for the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Amu Darya, Syr Darya and Mekong basins. It analyzes the changes of glaciers and snow under re...

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Main Authors: Savoskul, Oxana S., Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Water Management Institute 2013
Subjects:
glaciers
monitoring
seasonality
snow cover
river basins
climate change
impact assessment
remote sensing
water resources
water availability
water storage
hydrological cycle
mountains
surveys
models
institutions
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39934
Summary:This paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the water storage properties of glaciers and seasonal snow, carried out for the first time at a major river basin scale, for the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Amu Darya, Syr Darya and Mekong basins. It analyzes the changes of glaciers and snow under recent climate change, i.e., between the baseline (1961-1990) and current (2001-2010) periods. The paper also addresses climate change sensitivity of glacier systems and the changes that might be expected under a warming scenario for the end of the twenty-first century.

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