Effect of climate change on runoff of a glacierized Himalayan basin

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1979-1992

  Singh, Pratap ^a   Arora, Manohar ^a   Goel, N K ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Glaciers; Himalayas; Melt runoff; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; RAIN; RIVERS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER RESOURCES;

GLACIERIZED HIMALAYAN BASIN; MELT RUNOFF; SUMMER SEASON;

RUNOFF;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF WATER; GLACIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; SUMMER;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 33745108377     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5991     Document Type: Article

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