Snow and ice avalanches in high mountain Asia–scientific, local and indigenous knowledge

A Acharya, JF Steiner, KM Walizada… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2023 - nhess.copernicus.org
The cryosphere in high mountain Asia (HMA) not only sustains the livelihoods of people
residing downstream through its capacity to store water but also holds the potential for …

A fuzzy nearest neighbor neural network statistical model for predicting demand for natural gas and energy cost savings in public buildings

JA Rodger - Expert Systems with Applications, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the problem of predicting demand for natural gas for the purpose of
realizing energy cost savings. Daily monitoring of a rooftop unit wireless sensor system …

Methodological and conceptual challenges in rare and severe event forecast-verification

PA Ebert, P Milne - Natural Hazards and Earth System …, 2021 - nhess.copernicus.org
There are distinctive methodological and conceptual challenges in rare and severe event
(RSE) forecast-verification, that is, in the assessment of the quality of forecasts involving …

Simulation and analysis of a snow avalanche accident in Lower Western Himalaya, India

DK Singh, VD Mishra, HS Gusain - Journal of the Indian Society of Remote …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract In Western Himalaya, an average 49 person die every year due to snow avalanche
activities and this death rate is very high as compared to other Asian countries. A snow …

A multi-model decision support system (MM-DSS) for avalanche hazard prediction over North-West Himalaya

P Kaur, JC Joshi, P Aggarwal - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
Avalanche forecasting is carried out using physical as well as statistical models. All these
models have certain limitations associated with their mathematical formulation that enable …

Avalanche forecast using numerical weather prediction in Indian Himalaya

A Singh, K Srinivasan, A Ganju - Cold regions science and technology, 2005 - Elsevier
The integration of a nearest-neighbours method based avalanche forecast model with a
mesoscale weather forecast model (MM5) has been attempted for avalanche forecasting in …

Study of a snow avalanche accident along Chowkibal–Tangdhar road in Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir, India

HS Gusain, VD Mishra, DK Singh - Current Science, 2018 - JSTOR
An avalanche accident was occurred on 5 January 2018 on Chowkibal–Tangdhar road in
Kupwara district, Jammu and Kashmir about 6 km from Chowkibal village. One light …

Mountain range specific analog weather forecast model for northwest Himalaya in India

D Singh, A Ganju - Journal of earth system science, 2008 - Springer
Mountain range specific analog weather forecast model is developed utilizing surface
weather observations of reference stations in each mountain range in northwest Himalaya …

Comparative study of performance of different weather forecast models at specific sites in northwest Himalaya in India

D Singh, K Srinivasan, A Ganju, Snehmani - Meteorology and atmospheric …, 2010 - Springer
Independent test results of four different weather forecast models [climatological,
persistence, analogue, and regional mesoscale weather simulation (MM5) model] have …

[PDF][PDF] Glacial lakes outburst floods GLOF in the Indian Himalayas—a geotechnical resilient exemplification of hazard assessment

A Dasgupta - Int. J. Adv. Res. Ideas Innov. Technol. https://doi. org …, 2021 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT A glacial lake outburst flood occurs when the dam blocking the glacier's path
collapses. The dam may comprise glacier ice or a terminal moraine, eroded material from …