Surface energy balance plays a major role in mass balance and glacier melting. In response to climate change, the influence of radiations and turbulent heat fluxes is a governing factor for glacier melting. In the present study, the energy budget method is used to estimate glacier melting at ...
Dynamics of Gangotri Glacier, India: unravelling the influence of climatic and anthropogenic factors Abstract The ‘Third Pole’, home to numerous glaciers, serves as vital water reserves for a significant portion of the Asian population and has garnered global attention within the context of climat...
It was found that the Gangotri Glacier area experienced relatively low humidity and high evaporation rates as compared to other parts of the Himalayas. Such analysis reveals the broad meteorological characteristics of the high altitude areas of the Central Himalayan region.Pratap...
Popular for being one of the highestlakes in Uttarakhand, Kedar Tal is named after “Lord Shiva’s lake’. Perched on an elevation of 4,912 metres above sea level and bound on all sides by snowbound mountain peaks, this Tal is formed out of the melting water from the glacier of Kedar....
The Gangotri glacier is situated in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. The Ganga River flows from here and falls into the Bay of Bengal.
This study involves the mapping of snow cover area around Gangotri glacier using remote sensing data analysis. The data products include IRS LISS-III, IRS P6 AWiFS and TERRA MODIS. The methodology involves conversion of digital numbers (DN) into actual reflectance values. Snow index derived on...
In the present study, the fractional contributions of snowmelt, glacier melt and direct runoff to the Bhagirathi River were estimated on ten daily and monthly time intervals for the ablation period (May to September) of 2005 using environmental isotope (未H, 未O and H) techniques. Hydrograph ...
Here, we provide meta-barcoding-based insight into the ecological attributes of bacterial community across different retreating periods of the Gangotri glacier, western Himalaya. We selected three sites along a terminal moraine representing recent (~ 20 yrs), intermediate (~ 100 yrs), and ...
Considering this aspects, in this study a snowmelt runoff simulation model SNOWMOD suitable for Himalayan basins developed earlier has been modified and applied for simulation of flows from the Gangotri Glacier, the headwaters of River Bhagirathi in the Uttarakhand Himalayas. The flow data for the...
As it is well known, there has been a significant melting of glacier from the last twentieth century in the Himalayan as well as the polar regions. But, this activity has actually peaked in last few years, holding global warming the responsible factor. Glacier melt has a direct impact on ...