Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region
The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, including the Pamirs, Tien Shan and Alatua, the cryosphere is a key freshwater resource, playing a...
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ftunstandrewcris:oai:risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk:publications/65194c69-277a-4ed4-b202-91bc1af4282c 2023-05-15T16:37:05+02:00 Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region Bolch, Tobias Shea, Joseph M. Liu, Shiyin Azam, Farooq M. Gao, Yang Gruber, Stephan Immerzeel, Walter W. Kulkarni, Anil Li, Huilin Tahir, Adnan A. Zhang, Guoqing Zhang, Yinsheng Wester, Philippus Mishra, Arabinda Mukherji, Aditi Shrestha, Arun Bhakta 2019-01-05 application/pdf https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/status-and-change-of-the-cryosphere-in-the-extended-hindu-kush-himalaya-region(65194c69-277a-4ed4-b202-91bc1af4282c).html https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1_7 https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/17268/1/Bolch_2019_TheHinduKushHimalayaAssessment_Chap7_CCBY_VoR.pdf https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1 eng eng Springer info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Bolch , T , Shea , J M , Liu , S , Azam , F M , Gao , Y , Gruber , S , Immerzeel , W W , Kulkarni , A , Li , H , Tahir , A A , Zhang , G & Zhang , Y 2019 , Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region . in P Wester , A Mishra , A Mukherji & A B Shrestha (eds) , The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment : Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People . Springer , pp. 209-255 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1_7 bookPart 2019 ftunstandrewcris https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1_7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92288-1 2021-12-26T14:34:12Z The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, including the Pamirs, Tien Shan and Alatua, the cryosphere is a key freshwater resource, playing a vital and significant role in local and regional hydrology and ecology. Industry, agriculture, and hydroelectric power generation rely on timely and sufficient delivery of water in major river systems; changes in the cryospheric system may thus pose challenges for disaster risk reduction in the extended HKH region. Book Part Ice permafrost The Cryosphere University of St Andrews: Research Portal 209 255 Cham |
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The cryosphere is defined by the presence of frozen water in its many forms: glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets, snow, permafrost, and river and lake ice. In the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, including the Pamirs, Tien Shan and Alatua, the cryosphere is a key freshwater resource, playing a vital and significant role in local and regional hydrology and ecology. Industry, agriculture, and hydroelectric power generation rely on timely and sufficient delivery of water in major river systems; changes in the cryospheric system may thus pose challenges for disaster risk reduction in the extended HKH region. |
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Bolch, Tobias Shea, Joseph M. Liu, Shiyin Azam, Farooq M. Gao, Yang Gruber, Stephan Immerzeel, Walter W. Kulkarni, Anil Li, Huilin Tahir, Adnan A. Zhang, Guoqing Zhang, Yinsheng |
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Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region |
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Status and change of the cryosphere in the extended Hindu Kush Himalaya region |
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