Projected 21st-Century Glacial Lake Evolution in High Mountain Asia
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 In High Mountain Asia (HMA), rising temperatures and retreating glaciers are leading to the formation of new glacial lakes and the expansion of existing ones.
Wilhelm Furian +2 more
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Changes in Extreme Precipitation and Landslides Over High Mountain Asia
Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 High Mountain Asia is impacted by extreme monsoonal rainfall that triggers landslides in large proportions relative to global distributions, resulting in substantial human impacts and damage to infrastructure each year.
D. Kirschbaum +3 more
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Irrigation as a Potential Driver for Anomalous Glacier Behavior in High Mountain Asia. [PDF]
Geophys Res Lett, 2018 AbstractMany glaciers in the northwest of High Mountain Asia (HMA) show an almost zero or positive mass balance, despite the global trend of melting glaciers. This phenomenon is often referred to as the “Karakoram anomaly,” although strongest positive mass balances can be found in the Kunlun Shan mountain range, northeast of the Karakoram.
de Kok RJ +3 more
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On the Relevance of Aerosols to Snow Cover Variability Over High Mountain Asia [PDF]
Geophysical Research Letters, 2022 AbstractWhile meteorology and aerosols are identified as key drivers of snow cover (SC) variability in High Mountain Asia, complex non‐linear interactions between them are not adequately quantified. Here, we attempt to unravel these interactions through a simple relative importance (RI) analysis of meteorological and aerosol variables from ERA5/CAMS ...
Chayan Roychoudhury +4 more
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Contrasting glacier responses to recent climate change in high-mountain Asia. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 AbstractRecent studies of Asian glaciers have shown that glaciers in eastern Karakoram and West Kunlun have been slightly gaining mass while those in nearby Jammu Kashmir and Himalayas are losing mass, at rates of more than 0.5 m w.e.yr−1 and about 0.3 m w.e.yr−1, respectively. Two possible explanations have been proposed for this difference in glacier
Sakai A, Fujita K.
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Super-resolution for terrain modeling using deep learning in high mountain Asia
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2023 High Mountain Asia (HMA) is characterized by some of the most complex and rugged terrain conditions in the world. However, high resolution terrain data are not easy to quickly acquire from the area due to difficulties in accessing the region.
Yinghui Jiang +4 more
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Does elevation dependent warming exist in high mountain Asia?
Environmental Research Letters, 2020 A majority of studies suggest that elevation dependent warming (EDW) has been verified in mountainous areas. However, there is some controversy about the EDW of high mountain Asia (HMA).
Baofu Li, Yaning Chen, Xun Shi
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High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability [PDF]
Nature Geoscience, 2022 Dongfeng Li +16 more
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Quantifying Patterns of Supraglacial Debris Thickness and Their Glaciological Controls in High Mountain Asia [PDF]
Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Mapping patterns of supraglacial debris thickness and understanding their controls are important for quantifying the energy balance and melt of debris-covered glaciers and building process understanding into predictive models.
Karla Boxall +3 more
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Land surface modeling informed by earth observation data: toward understanding blue–green–white water fluxes in High Mountain Asia [PDF]
Geo-Spatial Information ScienceMountains are important suppliers of freshwater to downstream areas, affecting large populations in particular in High Mountain Asia (HMA). Yet, the propagation of water from HMA headwaters to downstream areas is not fully understood, as interactions in ...
Pascal Buri +15 more
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