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

Hydrometeorological 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 o...

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Main Authors: Alford, Donald, Archer, David, Bookhagen, Bodo, Grabs, Wolfgang, Halvorson, Sarah, Hewitt, Kenneth, Immerzeel, Walter, Kamp, Ulrich, Krumwiede, Brandon
Format: Book
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
AIR
ICE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26048237/monitoring-glaciers-climate-runoff-hindu-kush-himalaya-mountains
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topic SUMMER TEMPERATURES
LOCAL TEMPERATURE
ICE STREAM
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
SEASONAL PRECIPITATION
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE RESEARCH
SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT
TEMPERATURE
CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
TEMPERATURE RANGE
CLIMATIC RECORDS
CLIMATE VARIATIONS
WIND SPEED
CLIMATIC GRADIENTS
CLIMATOLOGISTS
HYDROLOGICAL RECORDS
TEMPORAL VARIATIONS
SURFACE ENERGY
CLIMATE CHANGE ANALYSIS
METEOROLOGY
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS
ICE MELTING
HYDROLOGY
WIND
CLIMATES
CLIMATE VARIATION
SEASONAL TEMPERATURE
SURFACE REFLECTANCE
INTENSE RAINFALL
HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE
GLACIER RETREAT
SURFACE LAYERS
MOUNTAIN GLACIERS
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
SOLAR RADIATION
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
AIR
GLACIAL LAKE
CLIMATE DYNAMICS
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
CLIMATIC BEHAVIOR
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CYCLES
RAIN DAYS
ICE COVER
HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS
SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL
WARMING CLIMATE
ICE STREAMS
GLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGE
ICE VOLUME
REGIONAL CLIMATE
TEMPERATURE INCREASES
GLACIER MELT RUNOFF
AVERAGE RAINFALL
RAINY DAYS
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLOUDS
CLIMATE ANALYSIS
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
RAINFALL INTENSITY
TEMPERATURE DATA
CLIMATE NETWORKS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
RAINFALL
GLACIER INVENTORY
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GLACIERS
REGIONAL CLIMATES
CLIMATE MONITORING SYSTEMS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
CLIMATIC INFORMATION
CLIMATIC RECORD
CLIMATE MODELS
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST
RAINFALL DATA
LAND SURFACE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
TEMPERATURE RECORD
TEMPERATURE CHANGE
SURFACE ELEVATION
CLIMATE TRENDS
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
SEA ICE
CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES
CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT
SCIENTIST
LAND SURFACE MODELS
CLIMATE-CHANGE
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
CLIMATE SYSTEMS
CLIMATE CHANGE
SCIENCE
GLACIER MELT
CLOUDY CONDITIONS
ICE MASSES
CLIMATIC VARIABLES
GLOBAL CLIMATE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES
CLIMATE DATA
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
EXTREME CONDITIONS
GLACIER MELTING
CLIMATE
GLACIAL LAKES
TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATE STATIONS
INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE
ICE TONGUES
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
DAILY TEMPERATURE
CLIMATE CHANGES
SEASON
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
RAINFALL–RUNOFF
CLIMATIC FACTORS
CONVECTIVE RAINFALL
HYDROLOGICAL REGIME
SUMMER TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE
CLIMATIC CHANGE
GLACIAL ICE
OCEANS
HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES
SCIENTISTS
ICE MELT
SURFACE PARAMETERS
CLIMATE MONITORING
ICE CAPS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
RAINFALL MEASUREMENT
COLD CLIMATES
HYDROLOGICAL REGIMES
RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION
CLIMATE ACTION
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM
ICE
ICE AGE
TEMPERATURES
CLIMATE FORCING
RAIN
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
MEAN TEMPERATURE
SURFACE AIR
TEMPERATURE RECORDS
SUMMER RAINFALL
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
METEOROLOGICAL DATA
TEMPORAL VARIATION
CLIMATOLOGY
HYDROLOGICAL BUDGET
CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE
HYDROMETEOROLOGY
CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
SEASONS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
HYDROLOGICAL MODELS
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
HYDROLOGICAL DATA
AIR MASS
RAINFALL RUNOFF
RAINFALL TREND
SURFACE MODELS
SURFACE MELTING
SCIENTIFIC STUDY
ICE MASS
CLOUD COVER
TEMPORAL PATTERNS
SURFACE ALBEDO
GLACIER AREA
spellingShingle SUMMER TEMPERATURES
LOCAL TEMPERATURE
ICE STREAM
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
SEASONAL PRECIPITATION
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES
METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE RESEARCH
SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT
TEMPERATURE
CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
TEMPERATURE RANGE
CLIMATIC RECORDS
CLIMATE VARIATIONS
WIND SPEED
CLIMATIC GRADIENTS
CLIMATOLOGISTS
HYDROLOGICAL RECORDS
TEMPORAL VARIATIONS
SURFACE ENERGY
CLIMATE CHANGE ANALYSIS
METEOROLOGY
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS
ICE MELTING
HYDROLOGY
WIND
CLIMATES
CLIMATE VARIATION
SEASONAL TEMPERATURE
SURFACE REFLECTANCE
INTENSE RAINFALL
HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE
GLACIER RETREAT
SURFACE LAYERS
MOUNTAIN GLACIERS
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
SOLAR RADIATION
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
AIR
GLACIAL LAKE
CLIMATE DYNAMICS
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE
CLIMATIC BEHAVIOR
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CYCLES
RAIN DAYS
ICE COVER
HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS
SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE
SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL
WARMING CLIMATE
ICE STREAMS
GLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGE
ICE VOLUME
REGIONAL CLIMATE
TEMPERATURE INCREASES
GLACIER MELT RUNOFF
AVERAGE RAINFALL
RAINY DAYS
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
CLIMATE VARIABLES
CLOUDS
CLIMATE ANALYSIS
TEMPORAL RESOLUTION
RAINFALL INTENSITY
TEMPERATURE DATA
CLIMATE NETWORKS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
RAINFALL
GLACIER INVENTORY
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
GLACIERS
REGIONAL CLIMATES
CLIMATE MONITORING SYSTEMS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE
CLIMATIC INFORMATION
CLIMATIC RECORD
CLIMATE MODELS
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST
RAINFALL DATA
LAND SURFACE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
TEMPERATURE RECORD
TEMPERATURE CHANGE
SURFACE ELEVATION
CLIMATE TRENDS
CLIMATE VARIABILITY
SEA ICE
CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES
CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT
SCIENTIST
LAND SURFACE MODELS
CLIMATE-CHANGE
HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES
CLIMATE SYSTEMS
CLIMATE CHANGE
SCIENCE
GLACIER MELT
CLOUDY CONDITIONS
ICE MASSES
CLIMATIC VARIABLES
GLOBAL CLIMATE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES
CLIMATE DATA
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
EXTREME CONDITIONS
GLACIER MELTING
CLIMATE
GLACIAL LAKES
TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS
CLIMATE SYSTEM
CLIMATE STATIONS
INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE
ICE TONGUES
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
DAILY TEMPERATURE
CLIMATE CHANGES
SEASON
GLOBAL TEMPERATURE
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
RAINFALL–RUNOFF
CLIMATIC FACTORS
CONVECTIVE RAINFALL
HYDROLOGICAL REGIME
SUMMER TEMPERATURE
AIR TEMPERATURE
CLIMATIC CHANGE
GLACIAL ICE
OCEANS
HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES
SCIENTISTS
ICE MELT
SURFACE PARAMETERS
CLIMATE MONITORING
ICE CAPS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
RAINFALL MEASUREMENT
COLD CLIMATES
HYDROLOGICAL REGIMES
RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION
CLIMATE ACTION
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM
ICE
ICE AGE
TEMPERATURES
CLIMATE FORCING
RAIN
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
MEAN TEMPERATURE
SURFACE AIR
TEMPERATURE RECORDS
SUMMER RAINFALL
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
METEOROLOGICAL DATA
TEMPORAL VARIATION
CLIMATOLOGY
HYDROLOGICAL BUDGET
CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE
HYDROMETEOROLOGY
CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS
CLIMATIC VARIABILITY
SEASONS
FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
HYDROLOGICAL MODELS
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE
HYDROLOGICAL DATA
AIR MASS
RAINFALL RUNOFF
RAINFALL TREND
SURFACE MODELS
SURFACE MELTING
SCIENTIFIC STUDY
ICE MASS
CLOUD COVER
TEMPORAL PATTERNS
SURFACE ALBEDO
GLACIER AREA
Alford, Donald
Archer, David
Bookhagen, Bodo
Grabs, Wolfgang
Halvorson, Sarah
Hewitt, Kenneth
Immerzeel, Walter
Kamp, Ulrich
Krumwiede, Brandon
Monitoring of Glaciers, Climate, and Runoff in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Mountains
description Hydrometeorological 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.
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author Alford, Donald
Archer, David
Bookhagen, Bodo
Grabs, Wolfgang
Halvorson, Sarah
Hewitt, Kenneth
Immerzeel, Walter
Kamp, Ulrich
Krumwiede, Brandon
author_facet Alford, Donald
Archer, David
Bookhagen, Bodo
Grabs, Wolfgang
Halvorson, Sarah
Hewitt, Kenneth
Immerzeel, Walter
Kamp, Ulrich
Krumwiede, Brandon
author_sort Alford, Donald
title Monitoring of Glaciers, Climate, and Runoff in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Mountains
title_short Monitoring of Glaciers, Climate, and Runoff in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Mountains
title_full Monitoring of Glaciers, Climate, and Runoff in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Mountains
title_fullStr Monitoring of Glaciers, Climate, and Runoff in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Mountains
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring of Glaciers, Climate, and Runoff in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Mountains
title_sort monitoring of glaciers, climate, and runoff in the hindu kush-himalaya mountains
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26048237/monitoring-glaciers-climate-runoff-hindu-kush-himalaya-mountains
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24049
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spelling okr-10986-240492021-04-23T14:04:19Z Monitoring of Glaciers, Climate, and Runoff in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya Mountains Alford, Donald Archer, David Bookhagen, Bodo Grabs, Wolfgang Halvorson, Sarah Hewitt, Kenneth Immerzeel, Walter Kamp, Ulrich Krumwiede, Brandon SUMMER TEMPERATURES LOCAL TEMPERATURE ICE STREAM IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE SEASONAL PRECIPITATION METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT TEMPERATURE CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE TEMPERATURE RANGE CLIMATIC RECORDS CLIMATE VARIATIONS WIND SPEED CLIMATIC GRADIENTS CLIMATOLOGISTS HYDROLOGICAL RECORDS TEMPORAL VARIATIONS SURFACE ENERGY CLIMATE CHANGE ANALYSIS METEOROLOGY CLIMATE CHANGE IMPLICATIONS ICE MELTING HYDROLOGY WIND CLIMATES CLIMATE VARIATION SEASONAL TEMPERATURE SURFACE REFLECTANCE INTENSE RAINFALL HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE GLACIER RETREAT SURFACE LAYERS MOUNTAIN GLACIERS SURFACE ROUGHNESS SOLAR RADIATION AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY AIR GLACIAL LAKE CLIMATE DYNAMICS HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE CLIMATIC BEHAVIOR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CYCLES RAIN DAYS ICE COVER HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE SUMMER MONSOON RAINFALL WARMING CLIMATE ICE STREAMS GLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGE ICE VOLUME REGIONAL CLIMATE TEMPERATURE INCREASES GLACIER MELT RUNOFF AVERAGE RAINFALL RAINY DAYS METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS CLIMATE VARIABLES CLOUDS CLIMATE ANALYSIS TEMPORAL RESOLUTION RAINFALL INTENSITY TEMPERATURE DATA CLIMATE NETWORKS ATLANTIC OCEAN CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RAINFALL GLACIER INVENTORY SURFACE TEMPERATURE GLACIERS REGIONAL CLIMATES CLIMATE MONITORING SYSTEMS CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE CLIMATIC INFORMATION CLIMATIC RECORD CLIMATE MODELS MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE GLACIAL LAKE OUTBURST RAINFALL DATA LAND SURFACE IMPACT OF CLIMATE TEMPERATURE RECORD TEMPERATURE CHANGE SURFACE ELEVATION CLIMATE TRENDS CLIMATE VARIABILITY SEA ICE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT SCIENTIST LAND SURFACE MODELS CLIMATE-CHANGE HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES CLIMATE SYSTEMS CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE GLACIER MELT CLOUDY CONDITIONS ICE MASSES CLIMATIC VARIABLES GLOBAL CLIMATE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES CLIMATE DATA CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS EXTREME CONDITIONS GLACIER MELTING CLIMATE GLACIAL LAKES TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS CLIMATE SYSTEM CLIMATE STATIONS INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE ICE TONGUES ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DAILY TEMPERATURE CLIMATE CHANGES SEASON GLOBAL TEMPERATURE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE RAINFALL–RUNOFF CLIMATIC FACTORS CONVECTIVE RAINFALL HYDROLOGICAL REGIME SUMMER TEMPERATURE AIR TEMPERATURE CLIMATIC CHANGE GLACIAL ICE OCEANS HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES SCIENTISTS ICE MELT SURFACE PARAMETERS CLIMATE MONITORING ICE CAPS CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS RAINFALL MEASUREMENT COLD CLIMATES HYDROLOGICAL REGIMES RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION CLIMATE ACTION CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM ICE ICE AGE TEMPERATURES CLIMATE FORCING RAIN METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS MEAN TEMPERATURE SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE RECORDS SUMMER RAINFALL TEMPERATURE CHANGES METEOROLOGICAL DATA TEMPORAL VARIATION CLIMATOLOGY HYDROLOGICAL BUDGET CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURE HYDROMETEOROLOGY CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS CLIMATIC VARIABILITY SEASONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE HYDROLOGICAL MODELS MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE HYDROLOGICAL DATA AIR MASS RAINFALL RUNOFF RAINFALL TREND SURFACE MODELS SURFACE MELTING SCIENTIFIC STUDY ICE MASS CLOUD COVER TEMPORAL PATTERNS SURFACE ALBEDO GLACIER AREA Hydrometeorological 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. 2016-04-11T21:30:04Z 2016-04-11T21:30:04Z 2012 Book http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26048237/monitoring-glaciers-climate-runoff-hindu-kush-himalaya-mountains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24049 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Publication