Mountains Witnesses of Global Changes Research in the Himalaya and Karakoram: Share-Asia Project

Content: 
Foreword
Pages v-vi

Preface
Page vii

Acknowledgments
Page xiii

List of Corresponding Authors
Pages xv-xvii

List of Acronyms
Pages xix-xxvii

1 Introduction Review Article
Pages 1-6
Angelo Guerrini, Agostino Da Polenza, Harald Egerer

2 Global and regional climate change: the next few decades Review Article
Pages 9-11
Veerabhadran Ramanathan

3 Does aerosol weaken or strengthen the Asian monsoon? Review Article
Pages 13-22
William K.M. Lau, Kyu-Myong Kim

4 Global retrieval of aerosol properties from sources to sinks by MODIS Review Article
Page 23
Nai-Yung Christina Hsu

5 Radiation, aerosol joint observations – monsoon experiment in Gangetic-Himalayan area (RAJO-MEGHA): synergy of satellite-surface observations Review Article
Pages 25-26
Si-Chee Tsay, Brent N. Holben

6 Contribution of the WMO global atmosphere watch to high mountain atmospheric chemistry observations Review Article
Pages 27-30
Leonard A. Barrie

7 From Himalaya to Karakoram: the spreading of the project Ev-K2-CNR Review Article
Pages 33-49
Renato Baudo, Beth Schommer, Chiara Belotti, Elisa Vuillermoz

8 SHARE-Asia contributions to ABC research Review Article
Pages 51-58
Gianni Tartari

9 Merging regional and global chemistry, air quality and global change: SHARE-Asia in the context of the IGAC project Review Article
Pages 59-65
Sandro Fuzzi

10 The ABC-Pyramid: a scientific laboratory at 5079 m a.s.l. for the study of atmospheric composition change and climate Review Article
Pages 67-75
Paolo Bonasoni, Paolo Laj, Ubaldo Bonafè, Francescopiero Calzolari, Paolo Cristofanelli, Angela Marinoni, Fabrizio Roccato, Maria Cristina Facchini, Sandro Fuzzi, Gian Paolo Gobbi, Jean-Marc Pichon, Hervè Venzac, Karine Sellegri, Paolo Villani, Michela Maione, Jgor Arduini, Andreas Petzold, Michael Sprenger, Gian Pietro Verza, Elisa Vuillermoz,  et al.

11 The EV-K2-CNR Pyramid and the AERONET network (Himalayan atmospheric brown cloud characterization via sunphotometer observations) Review Article
Pages 77-82
Gian Paolo Gobbi, Federico Angelini, Francesca Barnaba, Paolo Bonasoni

12 Global earth observation system of systems and the coordinated enhanced observing period high altitude observatories Review Article
Pages 85-86
Toshio Koike

13 The coordinated enhanced observing period (CEOP) report: integrated data systems in the study of the water cycle in Asia Review Article
Pages 87-94
Sam Benedict

14 Verification of numerical model forecasts of precipitation and satellite-derived rainfall estimates over the Indian region: monsoon 2004 Review Article
Pages 95-103
Laura Bertolani, Raffaele Salerno

15 Circulation and relationship between pollutant sources and atmospheric composition in the Himalayan region Review Article
Pages 105-113
Giuseppe Calori, Gregory R. Carmichael, Domenico Anfossi, Pietro Malguzzi, Silvia Trini Castelli

16 Italian air force observatory network for environmental and meteorological monitoring: from data control to quality assurance Review Article
Pages 115-122
Fabio Malaspina, Francesco Foti, Emanuele Vuerich

17 Climate change in Italy: an assessment of data and reanalysis models Review Article
Pages 123-132
Raffaele Salerno, Mario Giuliacci, Laura Bertolani

18 Climate changes and mountains Review Article
Pages 133-142
Giovanni Kappenberger

19 Global scale atmospheric pollution: a regional problem Review Article
Pages 145-146
Ivo Allegrini, Nicola Pirrone

20 Platinum group elements and other trace elements in high altitude snow and ice Review Article
Pages 147-153
Giulio Cozzi, Carlo Barbante, Paolo Cescon

21 High altitude lakes: limnology and paleolimnology Review Article
Pages 155-170
Lami Andrea, Gabriele A. Tartari, Simona Musazzi, Piero Guilizzoni, Aldo Marchetto, Marina Manca, Angela Boggero, Anna M. Nocentini, Giuseppe Morabito, Gianni Tartari, Licia Guzzella, Roberto Bertoni, Cristiana Callieri

22 Elemental characterization of Himalayan airborne particulate matter collected at 5100 m a.s.l Review Article
Pages 171-183
Enrico Rizzio, Giuseppe Giaveri, Luigi Bergamaschi, Antonella Profumo, Gianni Tartari, Mario Gallorini

23 Interactions between solar ultraviolet radiation and climatic warming in alpine lakes Review Article
Pages 185-186
Ruben Sommaruga

24 Global land ice monitoring from space (GLIMS) project regional center for Southwest Asia (Afghanistan and Pakistan) Review Article
Pages 187-208
John F. Shroder Jr., Michael P. Bishop, Henry N.N. Bulley, Umesh K. Haritashya, Jeffrey A. Olsenholler

25 Remote sensing and GIS for alpine glacier change detection in the Himalaya Review Article
Pages 209-234
Michael P. Bishop, John F. Shroder Jr., Umesh K. Haritashya, Henry N.N. Bulley

26 Ongoing variations of Himalayan and Karakoram glaciers as witnesses of global changes: recent studies on selected glaciers Review Article
Pages 235-247
Claudio Smiraglia, Christoph Mayer, Claudia Mihalcea, Guglielmina Diolaiuti, Marco Belò, Giorgio Vassena

27 Changing climates, changing lives: strengthening adaptive response capacities to climate change in the Huascarán Biosphere Reserve, Peru, and Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Nepal Review Article
Pages 249-250
Alton C. Byers

28 Chemical composition of fresh snow in the Himalaya and Karakoram Review Article
Pages 251-262
Stefano Polesello, Michele Comi, Licia Guzzella, Angela Marinoni, Massimo Pecci, Claudio Roscioli, Claudio Smiraglia, Gianni Tartari, Paola Teti, Sara Valsecchi, Elisa Vuillermoz

29 Shrinking cryosphere in South Asia Review Article
Pages 263-272
Syed Iqbal Hasnain

30 The third pole of the planet: the Mountain Research Initiative Review Article
Pages 275-280
Gregory B. Greenwood

31 Global changes and sustainable development in the Hindu Kush–Karakoram–Himalaya Review Article
Pages 281-290
Bidya Banmali Pradhan, Basanta Shrestha

32 Climate research in the Nepal Himalaya Review Article
Pages 291-299
Saraju K. Baidya

33 Development of a mesoscale convective system over the foothills of the Himalaya into a severe storm Review Article
Pages 301-311
Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, Ghulam Rasul

34 Study of land surface heat fluxes and water cycle over the Tibetan plateau Review Article
Pages 313-328
Yaoming Ma, Tandong Yao, Hirohiko Ishikawa, Toshio Koike

35 Research on global changes in Pakistan Review Article
Pages 329-340
Rakhshan Roohi

Subject index
Pages 341-342