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More than a billion people rely on water from rivers sourced in High Mountain Asia (HMA), a significant portion of which is derived from snow and glacier melt. Rural communities are heavily dependent on the consistency of runoff, and are highly vulnerable to shifts in their local environment brought on by climate change. Despite this dependence, the impacts of climate change in HMA remain poorly constrained due to poor process understanding, complex terrain, and insufficiently dense in-situ measurements. HMA's glaciers contain more frozen water than any region outside of the poles. Their extensive retreat is a highly visible and much studied marker of regional and global climate change. However, in many catchments, snow and snowmelt represent a much larger fraction of the yearly water budget than glacial meltwaters. Despite their importance, climate-related changes in HMA's snow resources have not been well studied. Changes in the volume and distribution of snowpack have complex and extensive impacts on both local and global ...
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Dissertation Universität Potsdam, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät 2018
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Smith, Taylor Decadal changes in the snow regime of High Mountain Asia, 1987-2016 Potsdam, 2017
Language:
English
Keywords:
Zentralasien
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Hochgebirge
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Schnee
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Schneeschmelze
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Hochschulschrift
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-407120
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-407120
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https://d-nb.info/1218403322/34
Author information:
Bookhagen, Bodo 1975-
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