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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Autores principales: Savoskul, Oxana S., Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Water Management Institute 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39934
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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description 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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spelling CGSpace399342025-11-07T08:42:54Z Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate Savoskul, Oxana S. Smakhtin, Vladimir U. 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 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. 2013 2014-06-13T14:29:43Z 2014-06-13T14:29:43Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39934 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute Savoskul, Oxana S.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. 2013. Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 61p. (IWMI Research Report 149) doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2013.203
spellingShingle 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
Savoskul, Oxana S.
Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate
title Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate
title_full Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate
title_fullStr Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate
title_full_unstemmed Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate
title_short Glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major Asian river basins: water storage properties under changing climate
title_sort glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in six major asian river basins water storage properties under changing climate
topic 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
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/39934
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