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Remote sensing study of snowline altitude at the end of melting season, Chandra-Bhaga basin, Himachal Pradesh, 1980-2007

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Title Remote sensing study of snowline altitude at the end of melting season, Chandra-Bhaga basin, Himachal Pradesh, 1980-2007
 
Creator PANDEY, P
KULKARNI, AV
VENKATARAMAN, G
 
Subject snowline altitude
glaciers
Himalaya
remote sensing
climate
WESTERN HIMALAYA
CLIMATE-CHANGE
SOUTHERN ALPS
MASS-BALANCE
NEW-ZEALAND
COVER
GLACIERS
INDIA
20TH-CENTURY
SENSOR
 
Description Glaciers have a direct relation with climate change. The equilibrium line altitude (ELA) is the most useful parameter to study the effect of climate change on glaciers. The ELA is a theoretical snowline at which the glacier mass balance is zero. Snowline altitude (SLA) at the end of melting season is generally regarded as the ELA. Glaciers of Chandra-Bhaga basin in Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh were chosen to study the ELA, using satellite images from 1980 to 2007. A total of 19 glaciers from the Chandra-Bhaga basin were identified and selected to carry out the study of ELA variation over 27 years. This study reveals that the mean SLA of the sub-basin has increased from 5009 +/- 61m to 5401 +/- 21m from 1980 to 2007. The study is in agreement with the reported increase in the temperature and decrease in winter snowfall of North-West Himalaya in the last century.
 
Publisher TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
 
Date 2014-10-15T13:34:58Z
2014-10-15T13:34:58Z
2013
 
Type Article
 
Identifier GEOCARTO INTERNATIONAL, 28(4)311-322
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2012.705336
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/handle/100/15017
 
Language en