Diurnal variations in discharge and suspended sediment concentration, including runoff-delaying characteristics, of the Gangotri Glacier in the Garhwal Himalayas

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1445-1457

  Singh, Pratap ^a   Haritashya, Umesh K ^b   Ramasastri, K S ^a   Kumar, Naresh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Ablation period; Hysteresis; Melt runoff; Runoff delaying characteristics; Suspended sediment concetration; Time lag; Time to peak

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; MELTING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

DIURNAL VARIABILITY; GANGOTRI GLACIER, GARHWAL HIMALAYAS, INDIA; RUNOFF DELAYING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION (SSC);

GLACIERS;

ABLATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MELTWATER; RUNOFF; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL; WORLD;

EID: 17844381049     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5583     Document Type: Article

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