Climate Change, Glacier Response, and Vegetation Dynamics in the Himalaya : Contributions Toward Future Earth Initiatives /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Singh, RB. (Editor ), Schickhoff, Udo. (Editor ), Mal, Suraj. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Climate Change and Dynamics of Glaciers and Vegetation in the Himalaya: An Overview
  • Section I: Climate Change
  • Recent Climate Change over High Asia
  • Analytic Comparison of Temperature Lapse Rates and Precipitation Gradients in a Himalayan Treeline Environment – Implications for Statistical Downscaling
  • Climate Change and Hydrological Responses in Himalayan Basins, Nepal
  • Spatial and Temporal Variability of Climate Change in High-Altitude Regions of NW Himalaya
  • Assessing Climatic Change Signals in Western Himalayan District using PRESIS model
  • Climate Change in Pindari Region, Central Himalaya, India
  • Section II: Climate Change Impacts on Glaciers and Hydrology
  • Glacier Variations in the Trans-Alai Massif and the Lake Karakul Catchment (Eastern Pamir) Measured from Space
  • Heterogeneity in Fluctuations of Glacier with Ice-cover, Debris-Cover and Proglacial-lake in the Upper Ravi Basin, Himachal Himalaya (India) During the Past Four Decades (1971-2013)
  • Current and Future Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Hazard: Application of GIS Based Modeling in Himachal Pradesh, India
  • Estimating Recent Glacier Changes in Central Himalaya, India, Using Remote Sensing Data.-Instability Processes Triggered by Heavy Rain in the Garhwal Region, Uttarakhand, India
  • The Need for Community Involvement in Glacial lake Field Research: The Case of Imja Glacial Lake, Khumbu, Nepal Himalaya
  • Understanding Factors Influencing Hydro-Climatic Risk and Human Vulnerability: Application of Systems Thinking in the Himalayan Region
  • Section III: Climate Change and Vegetation Dynamics.-Climate Change and Treeline Dynamics in the Himalaya
  • Treeline Responsiveness to Climate Warming: Insights From a Krummholz Treeline in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal
  • Dendroecological Perspectives on Climate Change on the Southern Tibetan Plateau
  • Spatially Variable Vegetation Greenness Trends in Uttarakhand Himalayas in Response to Environmental Drivers
  • Impact of Glacier Recession on the Vegetational Cover of Valley of Flowers National Park (a world heritage site), Central Himalaya, India.-Snow Cover Dynamics and Timberline Changes Detection of Yamunotri Watershed using Multi Temporal Satellite Imagery.