Optical remote sensing of glacier characteristics: a review with focus on the Himalaya

AE Racoviteanu, MW Williams, RG Barry - Sensors, 2008 - mdpi.com
The increased availability of remote sensing platforms with appropriate spatial and temporal
resolution, global coverage and low financial costs allows for fast, semi-automated, and cost …

[图书][B] The little ice age

JM Grove - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Planimetric and volumetric glacier changes in the Khumbu Himal, Nepal, since 1962 using Corona, Landsat TM and ASTER data

T Bolch, M Buchroithner, T Pieczonka… - Journal of Glaciology, 2008 - cambridge.org
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 …

Identification of glacier motion and potentially dangerous glacial lakes in the Mt. Everest region/Nepal using spaceborne imagery

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 …

Atmospheric Brown Clouds in the Himalayas: first two years of continuous observations at the Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid (5079 m)

P Bonasoni, P Laj, A Marinoni… - Atmospheric …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
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 …

Elevation changes of glaciers revealed by multitemporal digital elevation models calibrated by GPS survey in the Khumbu region, Nepal Himalaya, 1992-2008

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 …

Winter storms in the central Himalayas

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring the monsoon in the Himalayas: Observations in central Nepal, June 2001

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 …

Local cooling and drying induced by Himalayan glaciers under global warming

F Salerno, N Guyennon, K Yang, TE Shaw, C Lin… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Spectral analysis of seismic noise induced by rivers: A new tool to monitor spatiotemporal changes in stream hydrodynamics

A Burtin, L Bollinger, J Vergne, R Cattin… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
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 …