The evidence for the Little Ice Age, the most important fluctuation in global climate in historical times, is most dramatically represented by the advance of mountain glaciers in the …
Multitemporal space imagery from 1962 (Corona KH-4), 1992 (Landsat TM), 2001 and 2005 (Terra ASTER) was used to investigate the glacier changes in the Khumbu Himal, Nepal …
T Bolch, MF Buchroithner, J Peters… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2008 - nhess.copernicus.org
Failures of glacial lake dams can cause outburst floods and represents a serious hazard. The potential danger of outburst floods depends on various factors like the lake's area and …
This paper provides a detailed description of the atmospheric conditions characterizing the high Himalayas, thanks to continuous observations begun in March 2006 at the Nepal …
T Nuimura, K Fujita, S Yamaguchi… - Journal of Glaciology, 2012 - cambridge.org
Due to remoteness and high altitude, only a few ground-based glacier change studies are available in high-mountain areas in the Himalaya. However, digital elevation models based …
TJ Lang, AP Barros - Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan …, 2004 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Based on observations from a hydrometeorological network on the eastern slopes of the Annapurna Range, nearly all the annual precipitation at low elevations (< 2000 m MSL) in …
AP Barros, TJ Lang - Monthly Weather Review, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Monsoon Himalayan Precipitation Experiment (MOHPREX) occurred during June 2001 along the south slopes of the Himalayas in central Nepal. Radiosondes were …
Understanding the response of Himalayan glaciers to global warming is vital because of their role as a water source for the Asian subcontinent. However, great uncertainties still …
Analysis of continuous seismic data recorded by a dense passive seismological network (Hi‐ CLIMB) installed across the Himalayas reveals strong spatial and temporal variations in the …