Himalayan weather and climate and their impact on the environment
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Himalayan weather and climate and their impact on the environment
Springer, c2020
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This book proposes a unique and comprehensive integrated synthesis of the current understanding of the science of Himalayan dynamics and its manifestations on physical systems and ecosystems at different spatial and temporal scales. In particular, this work covers relevant aspects of weather and climate, paleoclimate, snow, glacier and hydrology, ecology/forestry among other topics associated with the Himalayas. It highlights the role of the Himalayas in defining local to regional to global scale impact on weather and climate. It includes Himalayan impact on defining physical basis of changing glacier systems, permafrost melting/thawing, climate variability, and hydrological balances. As a result, this volume represents an important synthesized overview both for environmental and earth science researchers, and for policy makers and stakeholders interested in the physical and dynamical processes associated with the Himalayan massif.
Table of Contents
Part-I: Weather and Climate
Chapter -1: Manifestations and contours of extreme high altitude climate change in the upper Karakoram Himalaya (Lead: Dr. M. R. Bhutiyani)
Chapter 2: Changes in the large-scale circulations over north-west India (Lead: Dr. Ramesh Yadav)
Chapter 3: Himalayan uplift and the Human evolution (Lead: Prof. T. Yasunari)
Chapter 4: Projected Climate Change in the Himalayas during the 21st Century (Lead: Prof. I. Rangwala)
Chapter 5: Dynamic Downscaling of Himalayan Climate (Lead: Dr. Sarat Kar)
Chapter 6: Representation of the Himalayas in Weather and Climate models (Lead: Prof. Someshwar Das)
Chapter 7: The Himalayan System: A Perspective (Lead: Prof. Shailesh Nayak)
Chapter 8: Changes in pan evaporation and causative parameters: A case study from eastern Himalayan region (Lead: Dr. Deepak Jhajaria)
Chapter 9: Land atmosphere interaction over the Himalayan region (Lead: Prof. Dev Niyogi)
Chapter 10: Impact of Nino phases on the summer monsoon ISO modes of northwestern and eastern Himalaya (Lead: Dr. Sandeepan Mukherjee)
Chapter 11: Remotely-sensed rain and snowfall in the Himalaya (Lead Prof. Bodo Bookhagen)
Part-II: Paleoclimate
Chapter 12: Multi-proxy records of climate variations for the Himalaya (Lead: Dr. Masaki Sano)
Chapter 13: Erosion in the Himalaya and its Coupling with Climate and Tectonics (Lead: Prof. Sunil Singh)
Chapter 14: Tracking back the climatic variability and role of Indian winter monsoon in the central and western Himalaya: using proxy data (Lead: Dr. J. Sanwal)
Chapter 15: Spatio-temporal variability of Stream flow in the Himalayan Region (Lead: Dr. Amalav Bhattacharya)
Chapter 16: Quaternary glaciation of the Himalaya (Lead: Prof. L. Owen)
Chapter 17: Geomorphological changes during Quaternary Period vis a vis role of climate and tectonics in Ladakh sector of Trans-Himalaya (Lead: Dr. Anupam Sharam)
Chapter 18: Climate and Source Identification of Organic Matter Using C/N Ratio in Freshwater Lakes of Kashmir Himalaya (Lead: Prof. H. Achyuthan)
Chapter 19: Deciphering Climate Variability over Western Himalaya Using Instrumental and Tree-ring Records (Lead: Dr. H. Borgaonkar)
Part-III: Snow, glaciers and hydrology
Chapter 20: Hydrology of cold-arid system cryosphere (Lead: Dr. R. Thayyen)
Chapter 21: Glacio-hydrological model based on degree-day factor useful for the Himalayan River basins (Lead: Prof. R. B. Kayastha)
Chapter 22: Observed changes in north west and central Himalayan cryosphere due to climate change (Lead: Dr. H. S. Negi)
Chapter 23: Impacts of climate change on Himalayan glaciers: processes, predictions and uncertainties (Lead: Dr. Richard Betts)
Chapter 24: Hydrology of Himalayas (Lead: Dr. S. K. Jain)
Chapter 25: Permafrost and seasonally frozen soil in the Himalaya (Lead: Dr. Stephan Gruber)
Chapter 26: Sensitivity of glaciers in part of the Suru basin, western Himalaya to ongoing climatic perturbations (Lead: Dr. A. Shukla)
Chapter 27: floods and changes in their activity in the Indian Himalayan Region (Lead: Prof. Markus Stoffel)
Part-IV: Ecology/Forestry
Chapter 28: Solving life on the move: developing a disperser functional classification for sub-Himalayan tropical forests (Lead: Dr. Soumya Prasad)
Chapter 29: Climate Change Trends and Ecosystem Resilience in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (Lead: Dr. Eklavya Sharma)
Chapter 30: Social science perspectives on vulnerability to seasonal to interannual variability in the Himalayan region (Lead: Dr. M. E. Daly)
Chapter 31: Issues of sustainability in a rapid warming Himalayas (Lead: Prof. S. P. Singh)
Chapter 32: Challenges of Urban Growth Himalaya with Reference to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Mitigation (Lead: Prof. P. C. Tiwari)
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