Climate Change in the Himalayas : Current State of Knowledge

This paper reviews the literature on the potential biophysical and economic impacts of climate change in the Himalayas. Existing observations indicate that the temperature is rising at a higher rate in Nepal and Chinese regions of the Himalayas com...

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Main Authors:	Gautam, Mahesh R., Timilsina, Govinda R., Acharya, Kumud
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ABSORPTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AIR AIR POLLUTION ALBEDO ALTITUDE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ASSESSMENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ATMOSPHERE AUTONOMOUS REGION AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL BASIN REGION BIOMASS BIOSPHERE BLACK CARBON BLACK CARBON AEROSOLS CARBON CONCENTRATIONS CARBON FERTILIZATION CENTRAL REGION CENTRAL REGIONS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES CLIMATE EVENTS CLIMATE IMPACT CLIMATE IMPACTS CLIMATE MODELING CLIMATE MODELS CLIMATE PROJECTIONS CLIMATE RESEARCH CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT CLIMATE SENSITIVE CLIMATE SENSITIVITIES CLIMATE SENSITIVITY CLIMATE VARIATION CLIMATE VARIATIONS CLIMATE WARMING CLIMATES CLIMATIC CHANGES CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CLIMATIC EXTREMES CLIMATIC FACTORS CLIMATIC INDICES CLIMATIC PARAMETERS CLIMATIC VARIABILITY CLIMATIC VARIABLES CO2 COAL COMBUSTION CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE CROP YIELD DAILY TEMPERATURE DIESEL DRY SEASON DUST ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECOSYSTEM EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY GENERATION EMISSION EMISSION SCENARIO EMISSION SCENARIOS EMISSIONS ENDEMIC SPECIES EVAPOTRANSPIRATION EVERGREEN FORESTS EXTREME CLIMATIC EVENTS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME PRECIPITATION EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS EXTREME TEMPERATURE EXTREME TEMPERATURES EXTREME WEATHER EXTREMES OF TEMPERATURE FERTILIZATION FLOODS FOOD SECURITY FOREST FOREST ECOSYSTEMS FOREST FIRE FOREST FIRES FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FORESTS FUELS FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE GCM GLACIAL LAKE GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST GLACIAL LAKES GLACIER AREA GLACIER MELT GLACIER MELTING GLACIER RETREAT GLACIERS GLOBAL CLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL GREEN HOUSE GASES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS HIGH TEMPERATURE HUMAN HEALTH HUMIDITY HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS HYDROLOGY ICE ICE CORES ICE COVER IMPACT OF CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE INDIAN OCEAN REGION INDICATOR OF CLIMATE CHANGE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE IPCC IRRIGATION LAKES LAND USE LOW RAINFALL LOWER RAINFALL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MEAN TEMPERATURE METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS MINIMUM TEMPERATURE MINIMUM TEMPERATURES MONSOON MONSOONS MOUNTAIN GLACIERS MOUNTAIN REGION MOUNTAIN REGIONS NATURAL DISASTERS NEGATIVE IMPACT NEGATIVE IMPACTS NITROGEN OZONE POLAR REGIONS PRECIPITATION PRECIPITATION AMOUNT RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL EXTREMES RAINFALL PATTERNS RAINFALL TREND RATES OF CLIMATE CHANGE REGIONAL CLIMATE REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL REGIONAL CLIMATES REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL STUDY RELATIVE HUMIDITY RICE PRODUCTION SCIENTISTS SEASON SEASONAL PRECIPITATION SEASONAL RAINFALL SEASONAL TEMPERATURE SEDIMENT LOAD SEDIMENTS SNOW SNOWFALL SOLAR RADIATION SPATIAL PATTERNS SPATIAL SCALE STORMS SULFATE SUMMER TEMPERATURE SURFACE AIR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE SURFACE ALBEDO SURFACE RUNOFF TEMPERATE FORESTS TEMPERATE ZONE TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE CHANGE TEMPERATURE DATA TEMPERATURE EXTREMES TEMPERATURE INCREASE TEMPERATURE INCREASES TEMPERATURE RANGE TEMPERATURE RISE TEMPORAL ANALYSES TEMPORAL CORRELATION TEMPORAL SCALE TEMPORAL VARIABILITY TREE SPECIES TROPOSPHERE WARMER TEMPERATURES WARMING CLIMATE WATER AVAILABILITY WATER QUALITY WATER TEMPERATURE WEATHER EVENTS WET SEASON WINTER MONTHS WINTER RAINFALL WINTER SEASON WINTER TEMPERATURE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17935389/climate-change-himalayas-current-state-knowledge http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15875