Analysis of glacial meltwater in Bagrot Valley, Karakoram

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-177

  Mayer, Christoph ^a   Lambrecht, Astrid ^b   Mihalcea, Claudia ^c,d   Bel, Marco ^c,e   Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^c,d   Smiraglia, Claudio ^c,d   Bashir, Furrukh ^f  

^a BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e Centro Torri Bianche   (Italy)

^f Planning and Development Division   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Climate change; debris covered glacier; glacierized mountain areas; ice and snow melt; Karakoram; monitoring strategies; Pakistan; water resources

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLACIAL DEBRIS; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; MELTWATER; MOUNTAIN REGION; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VALLEY GLACIER; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

BAGROT VALLEY; NORTHERN AREAS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 77954224591     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00043.1     Document Type: Article

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