Climate Change, Glacier Response, and Vegetation Dynamics in the Himalaya: Contributions Toward Future Earth Initiatives

by Rb Singh (Editor)

Climate Change and Dynamics of Glaciers and Vegetation in the An Overview.- Section Climate Change.- Recent Climate Change over High Asia.- Analytic Comparison of Temperature Lapse Rates and Precipitation Gradients in a Himalayan Treeline Environment - Implications for Statistical Downscaling.- Climate Change and Hydrological Responses in Himalayan Basins, Nepal.- Spatial and Temporal Variability of Climate Change in High-Altitude Regions of NW Himalaya .- Assessing Climatic Change Signals in Western Himalayan District using PRESIS model.- Climate Change in Pindari Region, Central Himalaya, India.- Section Climate Change Impacts on Glaciers and Hydrology.- Glacier Variations in the Trans-Alai Massif and the Lake Karakul Catchment (Eastern Pamir) Measured from Space.- Heterogeneity in Fluctuations of Glacier with Ice-cover, Debris-Cover and Proglacial-lake in the Upper Ravi Basin, Himachal Himalaya (India) During the Past Four Decades (1971-2013).- Current and Future Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Application of GIS Based Modeling in Himachal Pradesh, India.- Estimating Recent Glacier Changes in Central Himalaya, India, Using Remote Sensing Data.-Instability Processes Triggered by Heavy Rain in the Garhwal Region, Uttarakhand, India.- The Need for Community Involvement in Glacial lake Field The Case of Imja Glacial Lake, Khumbu, Nepal Himalaya.- Understanding Factors Influencing Hydro-Climatic Risk and Human Application of Systems Thinking in the Himalayan Region.- Section Climate Change and Vegetation Dynamics.-Climate Change and Treeline Dynamics in the Himalaya.- Treeline Responsiveness to Climate Insights From a Krummholz Treeline in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal .- Dendroecological Perspectives on Climate Change on the Southern Tibetan Plateau.- Spatially Variable Vegetation Greenness Trends in Uttarakhand Himalayas in Response to Environmental Drivers.- Impact of Glacier Recession on the Vegetational Cover of Valley of Flowers National Park (a world heritage site), Central Himalaya, India.-Snow Cover Dynamics and Timberline Changes Detection of Yamunotri Watershed using Multi Temporal Satellite Imagery.

416 pages, Paperback

Published June 12, 2016