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Dynamics of Climate Change and Water Resources of Northwestern Himalaya

This book is about the Himalayan ranges as a source of fresh water supply and a perennial store house of ice, snow and permafrost as well as a vast repository of rich biodiversity, in the light of climate change. Special attention is given to the dynamics of snow and glaciers in the northwestern Him...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Joshi, Rajesh (Editor ), Kumar, Kireet (Editor ), Palni, Lok Man S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Society of Earth Scientists Series,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Variation in the seasonal snow cover area (sca) for upper bhagirathi basin, india
  • Investigating impacts of global change on the dynamics of snow, glaciers and run-off over the himalayan mountains
  • Identification of glacial lake and the potentially dangerous glacial lake in the Himalayan basin
  • Assessment and simulation of glacial lake outburst floods for a basin in the himalayan region
  • A model study of dokriani glacier, uttarakhand
  • Critical evaluation and assessment of average annual precipitation in the indus, the ganges and the brahmaputra basins, northern india
  • Climate change in the north-western himalaya.