The Tibetan Plateau and the adjacent high mountain regions of the Himalayas play an
important role in the global climate dynamic through its impact on the Asian monsoon
system, which in turn is impacting the water resources of this extremely vulnerable region.
To provide further knowledge about the changing impact of rainfall patterns, spatial and
temporal variability of snow cover contribution, amount of snow and ice melt runoff,
evapotranspiration as well as dynamics of wetlands and permafrost water balance studies …