DOI: 10.1002/wcc.393
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84977962775
论文题名: Changing climate and glacio-hydrology in Indian Himalayan Region: A review
作者: Singh S ; , Kumar R ; , Bhardwaj A ; , Sam L ; , Shekhar M ; , Singh A ; , Kumar R ; , Gupta A
刊名: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
ISSN: 17577780
出版年: 2016
卷: 7, 期: 3 起始页码: 393
结束页码: 410
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Hydrology
; Stream flow
; Water
; Changing climate
; Changing temperature
; Downstream areas
; Fresh Water
; Glacier mass balance
; Hydrological changes
; Spatiotemporal trends
; Systematic Review
; Climate change
; climate change
; climate effect
; glacial hydrology
; high technology industry
; water resource
; Himalayas
; India
英文摘要: This study presents a comprehensive review of the published literature on the evidences of a changing climate in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR) and its impacts on the glacio-hydrology of the region. The IHR serves as an important source of fresh water for the densely populated areas downstream. It is evident from the available studies that temperature is significantly increasing in all parts of the IHR, whereas precipitation is not indicative of any particular spatiotemporal trend. Glacio-hydrological proxies for changing climate, such as, terminus and areal changes of the glaciers, glacier mass balance, and streamflow in downstream areas, highlight changes more evidently in recent decades. On an average, studies have predicted an increase in temperature and precipitation in the region, along with increase in streamflow of major rivers. Such trends are already apparent in some sub-basins of the western IHR. The region is particularly vulnerable to changing climate as it is highly dependent on snow and glacier melt run-off to meet its freshwater demands. We present a systematic review of key papers dealing with changing temperature, precipitation, glaciers, and streamflow in the IHR. We discuss these interdisciplinary themes in relation to each other, in order to establish the present and future impacts of climatic, glaciological, and hydrological changes in the region. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/76231
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: Department of Environmental Science, School of Basic Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India; Division of Space Technology, Department of Computer Science, LuleÃ¥ University of Technology, Kiruna, Sweden; Defence Terrain Research Laboratory, Defence Research and Development Organisation, New Delhi, India; Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India; Department of Science and Technology, Technology Bhavan, New Delhi, India
Recommended Citation:
Singh S,, Kumar R,, Bhardwaj A,et al. Changing climate and glacio-hydrology in Indian Himalayan Region: A review[J]. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,2016-01-01,7(3)