Global open-access DEM performances in Earth's most rugged region High Mountain Asia: A multi-level assessment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.04.012
Abstract: Abstract Over the past decades, climate change has exerted pronounced influences on the cryo-hydrologic environments in High Mountain Asia (HMA). Digital elevation models (DEMs) are one of the critical datasets required in many hydrology- and… read more here.
Keywords: elevation; assessment; mountain asia; dem ... See more keywords
Towards Bedmap Himalayas: development of an airborne ice-sounding radar for glacier thickness surveys in High-Mountain Asia
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DOI: 10.1017/aog.2020.29
Abstract: Abstract The thickness of glaciers in High-Mountain Asia (HMA) is critical in determining when the ice reserve will be lost as these glaciers thin but is remarkably poorly known because very few measurements have been… read more here.
Keywords: mountain asia; radar; high mountain; bedmap himalayas ... See more keywords
Continuous Estimates of Glacier Mass Balance in High Mountain Asia Based on ICESat‐1,2 and GRACE/GRACE Follow‐On Data
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DOI: 10.1029/2020gl090954
Abstract: Glacier melt in High Mountain Asia (HMA) is an indicator of climate change and has a major impact on the regional hydrology and freshwater supply. We determined the recent status of HMA glaciers based on… read more here.
Keywords: grace grace; grace; mountain asia; grace follow ... See more keywords
A spatially resolved estimate of High Mountain Asia glacier mass balances, 2000-2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2999
Abstract: High Mountain Asia hosts the largest glacier concentration outside the polar regions. These glaciers are important contributors to streamflow in one of the most populated areas of the world. Past studies have used methods that… read more here.
Keywords: mountain asia; mass; mass balances; high mountain ... See more keywords
Changes in seasonal snow water equivalent distribution in High Mountain Asia (1987 to 2009)
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DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701550
Abstract: Changes (1987 to 2009) in snow-water storage in High Mountain Asia are highly spatially and seasonally heterogeneous. Snow meltwaters account for most of the yearly water budgets of many catchments in High Mountain Asia (HMA).… read more here.
Keywords: 1987 2009; water; mountain asia; swe ... See more keywords
Water Storage Trends in High Mountain Asia
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DOI: 10.3389/feart.2019.00235
Abstract: Changes in terrestrial water storage (TWS) in High Mountain Asia (HMA) could have major societal impacts, as the region’s large reservoirs of glaciers, snow, and groundwater provide a freshwater source to more than one billion… read more here.
Keywords: high mountain; water; mountain asia; water storage ... See more keywords