Modeling snowmelt-runoff under climate scenarios in the Hunza River basin, Karakoram Range, Northern Pakistan

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 104-117

  Tahir, Adnan Ahmad ^a   Chevallier, Pierre ^a   Arnaud, Yves ^b   Neppel, Luc ^a   Ahmad, Bashir ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c PAKISTAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hunza River basin; MODIS; Snowmelt Runoff Model; Upper Indus River Basin (UIB); Water resources management

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; FLOOD CONTROL; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; RUNOFF; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

INDUS RIVER BASIN; MODIS; RIVER BASINS; SNOWMELT RUNOFF MODEL; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FLOOD CONTROL; MODIS; POWER GENERATION; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; SNOWMELT; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY;

GILGIT-BALTISTAN; HUNZA BASIN; INDUS BASIN; INDUS RIVER; KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN;

EID: 80054059243     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.035     Document Type: Article

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