Detection of dual effects of degradation of perennial snow and ice covers on the hydrologic regime of a Himalayan river basin by stream water availability modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-33

  Mukhopadhyay, Biswajit ^a  

^a JACOBS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Himalaya; Karakoram; Perennial snow and ice covers; Upper Indus Basin; Water availability model

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; DIFFERENTIAL DEGRADATION; DIGITAL MAP; DUAL EFFECT; EQUILIBRIUM LINES; FLOW REGIMES; GAUGING STATIONS; HIMALAYAN RIVERS; HIMALAYAS; HYDROLOGIC REGIME; KARAKORAM; MELT WATER; MITIGATION MEASURES; MODEL CALCULATIONS; MODEL RESULTS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; MULTI-PURPOSE WATER RESOURCES; PEAK DISCHARGE; PEAK FLOWS; PERENNIAL SNOW AND ICE COVERS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOW AND ICE; STREAM DISCHARGE; STREAM WATER; TIME DOMAIN; TIME-PERIODS; UPPER INDUS BASIN; WARMING CLIMATE;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGRADATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; SNOW; STREAM FLOW; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

CATCHMENT; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; PEAK FLOW; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SNOW COVER; STREAMWATER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE;

HIMALAYAS; INDUS BASIN; KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84155195242     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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