HIMALA: climate impacts on glaciers, snow, and hydrology in the Himalayan region

Molly Elizabeth Brown; Hua Ouyang; Shahid Habib; Basanta Shrestha; Mandira Shrestha; Prajjwal Panday; Maria Tzortziou; Frederick Policelli; Guleid A. Artan; Amarnath Giriraj; Sagar R. Bajracharya; Adina Racoviteanu

doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00071.1

HIMALA: climate impacts on glaciers, snow, and hydrology in the Himalayan region

Mountain Research and Development

By: Molly Elizabeth Brown, Hua Ouyang, Shahid Habib, Basanta Shrestha, Mandira Shrestha, Prajjwal Panday, Maria Tzortziou, Frederick Policelli, Guleid A. Artan, Amarnath Giriraj, Sagar R. Bajracharya, and Adina Racoviteanu

https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00071.1

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Abstract

Glaciers are the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth, supporting one third of the world's population. The Himalaya possess one of the largest resources of snow and ice, which act as a freshwater reservoir for more than 1.3 billion people. This article describes a new project called HIMALA, which focuses on utilizing satellite-based products for better understanding of hydrological processes of the river basins of the region. With support from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), together with its partners and member countries, has been working on the application of satellite-based rainfall estimates for flood prediction. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) partners are working with ICIMOD to incorporate snowmelt and glacier melt into a widely used hydrological model. Thus, through improved modeling of the contribution of snow and ice meltwater to river flow in the region, the HIMALA project will improve the ability of ICIMOD and its partners to understand the impact of weather and climate on floods, droughts, and other water- and climate-induced natural hazards in the Himalayan region in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	HIMALA: climate impacts on glaciers, snow, and hydrology in the Himalayan region
Series title	Mountain Research and Development
DOI	10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00071.1
Volume	30
Issue	4
Year Published	2010
Language	English
Publisher	International Mountain Society
Publisher location	Bern, Switzerland
Contributing office(s)	Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Description	4 p.
First page	401
Last page	404
Country	Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Other Geospatial	Himalayas
Additional Online Files (Y/N)	Y
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