Himalayan Weather and Climate and their Impact on the Environment

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Inter-Comparison of High Resolution Satellite Estimates for Cloudburst Events in the Northwest Himalaya  (Garima Dahiya, Pravat Jena, Sourabh Garg, Sarita Azad)....Pages 3-17
 Impact of Nino Phases on the Summer Monsoon of Northwestern and Eastern Himalaya  (Sandipan Mukherjee, Vaibhav Gosavi, Ranjan Joshi, Kireet Kumar)....Pages 19-31
 Changes in the Large-Scale Circulations Over North-West India  (Ramesh Kumar Yadav)....Pages 33-50
 Projected Climate Change in the Himalayas during the Twenty-First Century  (Imtiaz Rangwala, Elisa Palazzi, James R. Miller)....Pages 51-71
 Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation in the Himalayan Foothills – Observations and Model Results  (Bodo Ahrens, Thomas Meier, Erwan Brisson)....Pages 73-89
 Impact of Cloud Microphysical Processes on the Dynamic Downscaling for Western Himalayas Using the WRF Model  (S. C. Kar, Sarita Tiwari)....Pages 91-107
 Climate Variability and Extreme Weather in High Mountain Asia: Observation and Modelling  (Leila M. V. Carvalho, Jesse Norris, Forest Cannon, Charles Jones)....Pages 109-117
 Remotely Sensed Rain and Snowfall in the Himalaya  (Taylor Smith, Bodo Bookhagen)....Pages 119-139
 Elevation Dependent Warming over Indian Himalayan Region  (A. P. Dimri, A. Choudhary, D. Kumar)....Pages 141-156
Front Matter ....Pages 157-157
 Geomorphological Changes During Quaternary Period Vis a Vis Role of Climate and Tectonics in Ladakh, Trans-Himalaya  (Anupam Sharma, Binita Phartiyal)....Pages 159-183
 Climate, C/N Ratio and Organic Matter Accumulation: An Overview of Examples from Kashmir Himalayan Lakes  (Hema Achyuthan, Aasif Mohmad Lone, Rayees Ahmad Shah, A. A. Fousiya)....Pages 185-203
 Deciphering Climate Variability over Western Himalaya Using Instrumental and Tree-Ring Records  (H. P. Borgaonkar, T. P. Sabin, R. Krishnan)....Pages 205-238
 Quaternary Glaciation of the Himalaya and Adjacent Mountains  (Lewis A. Owen)....Pages 239-260
 Summer Monsoon Variability in the Himalaya Over Recent Centuries  (Masaki Sano, Chenxi Xu, A. P. Dimri, R. Ramesh)....Pages 261-280
 The Uplift of the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau and Human Evolution: An Overview on the Connection Among the Tectonics, Eco-Climate System and Human Evolution During the Neogene Through the Quaternary Period  (Tetsuzo Yasunari)....Pages 281-305
Front Matter ....Pages 307-307
 Climate Change and Cryospheric Response Over North-West and Central Himalaya, India  (H. S. Negi, A. Ganju, Neha Kanda, H. S. Gusain)....Pages 309-330
 Impacts of Climate Change on Himalayan Glaciers: Processes, Predictions and Uncertainties  (L. Parry, S. Harrison, R. Betts, S. Shannon, D. B. Jones, J. Knight)....Pages 331-349
 Sensitivity of Glaciers in Part of the Suru Basin, Western Himalaya to Ongoing Climatic Perturbations  (Aparna Shukla, Siddhi Garg, Vinit Kumar, Manish Mehta, Uma Kant Shukla)....Pages 351-377
 Glacio-Hydrological Degree-Day Model (GDM) Useful for the Himalayan River Basins  (Rijan Bhakta Kayastha, Rakesh Kayastha)....Pages 379-398
 Hydrology of the Cold-Arid Himalaya  (Renoj J. Thayyen)....Pages 399-417
 Hydrology of the Himalayas  (Nuzhat Q. Qazi, Sharad K. Jain, Renoj J. Thayyen, Pravin R. Patil, Mritunjay K. Singh)....Pages 419-450
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 The Impact of Climate Change in Hindu Kush Himalayas: Key Sustainability Issues  (Surendra P. Singh, Rajesh Thadani, G. C. S. Negi, Ripu Daman Singh, Surabhi Gumber)....Pages 453-472
 Challenges of Urban Growth in Himalaya with Reference to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Mitigation: A Case of Nainital Town in Kumaon Middle Himalaya, India  (Prakash C. Tiwari, Bhagwati Joshi)....Pages 473-491
 A Relational Vulnerability Analytic: Exploring Hybrid Methodologies for Human Dimensions of Climate Change Research in the Himalayas  (Ritodhi Chakraborty, Anne-Sophie Daloz, Tristan L’Ecuyer, Andrea Hicks, Stephen Young, Yanghui Kang et al.)....Pages 493-524
 Climate Change Trends and Ecosystem Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayas  (Nakul Chettri, Arun Bhakta Shrestha, Eklabya Sharma)....Pages 525-552
 An Integrative and Joint Approach to Climate Impacts, Hydrological Risks and Adaptation in the Indian Himalayan Region  (Christian Huggel, Simon Allen, Susanne Wymann von Dach, A. P. Dimri, Suraj Mal, Andreas Linbauer et al.)....Pages 553-573
Back Matter ....Pages 575-577