Université de Fribourg

Comparison of climatic trends and variability among glacierized environments in the Western Himalayas

Dimri, A. P. ; Immerzeel, W. W. ; Salzmann, Nadine ; Thayyen, R. J.

In: Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2018, vol. 134, no. 1, p. 155–163

The climate and hydrology of the Western Himalayas is complex and a function of snow and glacier melt, land use, topography, and Indian summer and winter monsoon dynamics. Improving our knowledge about these processes is important from societal and agricultural points of view. In this study, an observational analysis is carried out to assess the changing climatic trends and the associated...