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Monitoring of Glaciers, Climate, and Runoff in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Mountains

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dc.contributor.authorAlford, Donald
dc.contributor.authorArcher, David
dc.contributor.authorBookhagen, Bodo
dc.contributor.authorGrabs, Wolfgang
dc.contributor.authorHalvorson, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorHewitt, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorImmerzeel, Walter
dc.contributor.authorKamp, Ulrich
dc.contributor.authorKrumwiede, Brandon
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-11T21:30:04Z
dc.date.available2016-04-11T21:30:04Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractHydrometeorological monitoring, as discussed here, describes the activities required to characterize the properties and processes of the hydrosphere as it exists in the three-dimensional mesoscale environment of the high-mountain catchment basins of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) Mountains. Credible monitoring involves: (a) functional institutions; (b) operational instruments; (c) trained, motivated individuals; (d) scientific procedures; and (e) dedicated funding. Establishing a regional hydro-meteorological research facility in the HKH Mountains will involve developing solutions in the areas of integrated data collection and analysis procedures, instrument selection and placement, compatibility of monitoring instruments and procedures, training of personnel, procedures related to scale and modeling, ensuring accessibility of monitoring sites, and management, analysis, and archiving of the acquired data, all in the context of processes within the mountain basins, not in the adjacent lowlands. Mountain hydrometeorology is defined by a set of complex, three-dimensional, biophysical environments, produced by interactions among terrain, geology, and meteorology. The homogeneity seen from the distant lowlands becomes a complex mosaic of environments within the headwater basins. Altitude determines the properties of an atmospheric column extending upwards from a point within the mountains. These atmospheric properties determine the potential water and energy budgets at a point, or within a basin, in the mountains. Relief, slope aspect and angle, defines local topography.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26048237/monitoring-glaciers-climate-runoff-hindu-kush-himalaya-mountains
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/24049
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24049
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectSUMMER TEMPERATURES
dc.subjectLOCAL TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectICE STREAM
dc.subjectIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectSEASONAL PRECIPITATION
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
dc.subjectNATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE RESEARCH
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES
dc.subjectRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE RANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATIC RECORDS
dc.subjectCLIMATE VARIATIONS
dc.subjectWIND SPEED
dc.subjectCLIMATIC GRADIENTS
dc.subjectCLIMATOLOGISTS
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL RECORDS
dc.subjectTEMPORAL VARIATIONS
dc.subjectSURFACE ENERGY
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGY
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectICE MELTING
dc.subjectHYDROLOGY
dc.subjectWIND
dc.subjectCLIMATES
dc.subjectCLIMATE VARIATION
dc.subjectSEASONAL TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectSURFACE REFLECTANCE
dc.subjectINTENSE RAINFALL
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE
dc.subjectGLACIER RETREAT
dc.subjectSURFACE LAYERS
dc.subjectMOUNTAIN GLACIERS
dc.subjectSURFACE ROUGHNESS
dc.subjectSOLAR RADIATION
dc.subjectAERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectGLACIAL LAKE
dc.subjectCLIMATE DYNAMICS
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
dc.subjectCLIMATIC BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectAERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
dc.subjectINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CYCLES
dc.subjectRAIN DAYS
dc.subjectICE COVER
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectSURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectSUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL
dc.subjectWARMING CLIMATE
dc.subjectICE STREAMS
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGE
dc.subjectICE VOLUME
dc.subjectREGIONAL CLIMATE
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE INCREASES
dc.subjectGLACIER MELT RUNOFF
dc.subjectAVERAGE RAINFALL
dc.subjectRAINY DAYS
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
dc.subjectCLIMATE VARIABLES
dc.subjectCLOUDS
dc.subjectCLIMATE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectTEMPORAL RESOLUTION
dc.subjectRAINFALL INTENSITY
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE DATA
dc.subjectCLIMATE NETWORKS
dc.subjectATLANTIC OCEAN
dc.subjectCONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectMINIMUM TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectRAINFALL
dc.subjectGLACIER INVENTORY
dc.subjectSURFACE TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectGLACIERS
dc.subjectREGIONAL CLIMATES
dc.subjectCLIMATE MONITORING SYSTEMS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
dc.subjectCLIMATIC INFORMATION
dc.subjectCLIMATIC RECORD
dc.subjectCLIMATE MODELS
dc.subjectMINIMUM TEMPERATURES
dc.subjectASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectGLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST
dc.subjectRAINFALL DATA
dc.subjectLAND SURFACE
dc.subjectIMPACT OF CLIMATE
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE RECORD
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE CHANGE
dc.subjectSURFACE ELEVATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE TRENDS
dc.subjectCLIMATE VARIABILITY
dc.subjectSEA ICE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES
dc.subjectCLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT
dc.subjectSCIENTIST
dc.subjectLAND SURFACE MODELS
dc.subjectCLIMATE-CHANGE
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
dc.subjectCLIMATE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectSCIENCE
dc.subjectGLACIER MELT
dc.subjectCLOUDY CONDITIONS
dc.subjectICE MASSES
dc.subjectCLIMATIC VARIABLES
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subjectIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES
dc.subjectCLIMATE DATA
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subjectEXTREME CONDITIONS
dc.subjectGLACIER MELTING
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectGLACIAL LAKES
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS
dc.subjectCLIMATE SYSTEM
dc.subjectCLIMATE STATIONS
dc.subjectINCREASE IN TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectICE TONGUES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
dc.subjectDAILY TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGES
dc.subjectSEASON
dc.subjectGLOBAL TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectRAINFALL–RUNOFF
dc.subjectCLIMATIC FACTORS
dc.subjectCONVECTIVE RAINFALL
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL REGIME
dc.subjectSUMMER TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectAIR TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectCLIMATIC CHANGE
dc.subjectGLACIAL ICE
dc.subjectOCEANS
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES
dc.subjectSCIENTISTS
dc.subjectICE MELT
dc.subjectSURFACE PARAMETERS
dc.subjectCLIMATE MONITORING
dc.subjectICE CAPS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
dc.subjectRAINFALL MEASUREMENT
dc.subjectCOLD CLIMATES
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL REGIMES
dc.subjectRAINFALL DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectCLIMATE ACTION
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM
dc.subjectICE
dc.subjectICE AGE
dc.subjectTEMPERATURES
dc.subjectCLIMATE FORCING
dc.subjectRAIN
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
dc.subjectMEAN TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectSURFACE AIR
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE RECORDS
dc.subjectSUMMER RAINFALL
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE CHANGES
dc.subjectMETEOROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subjectTEMPORAL VARIATION
dc.subjectCLIMATOLOGY
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL BUDGET
dc.subjectCLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectHYDROMETEOROLOGY
dc.subjectCLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS
dc.subjectCLIMATIC VARIABILITY
dc.subjectSEASONS
dc.subjectFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL MODELS
dc.subjectMAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectHYDROLOGICAL DATA
dc.subjectAIR MASS
dc.subjectRAINFALL RUNOFF
dc.subjectRAINFALL TREND
dc.subjectSURFACE MODELS
dc.subjectSURFACE MELTING
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC STUDY
dc.subjectICE MASS
dc.subjectCLOUD COVER
dc.subjectTEMPORAL PATTERNS
dc.subjectSURFACE ALBEDO
dc.subjectGLACIER AREA
dc.titleMonitoring of Glaciers, Climate, and Runoff in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Mountainsen
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okr.date.disclosure2016-03-09
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okr.topicScience and Technology Development::Science of Climate Change
okr.topicWater Resources::Hydrology
okr.topicWater Resources::Water Resources Assessment
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Water Supply and Systems
okr.unitAgriculture - GP (GFADR)
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