Hydrological characteristics of the Gangotri Glacier, central Himalayas, India

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 327, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 55-67

  Singh, Pratap ^a   Haritashya, Umesh K ^b   Kumar, Naresh ^a   Singh, Yatveer ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Delaying runoff; Diurnal variation; Flow duration; Gangotri Glacier; Storage characteristics

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDROLOGY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

DELAYING RUNOFF; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOW DURATION; GANGOTRI GLACIER; STORAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

GLACIERS;

CLIMATOLOGY; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GLACIERS; HYDROLOGY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

ABLATION; DISCHARGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW;

ASIA; EURASIA; GANGOTRI GLACIER; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

EID: 33746255318     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.060     Document Type: Article

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