Trend of snow cover under the influence of climate change using Google Earth Engine platform: A case study of Astore (Western Himalayas) and Shigar (Karakoram region)

Freshwater resources present in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) supply water to Pakistan’s irrigation. Half of the annual water discharge in the UIB is contributed from the glacier and snow-fed basins in the Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya (HKH) region, and it is currently under the threat of climat...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Farhan Ul Moazzam, Ghani Rahman, Byung Gul Lee, Nadhir Al Ansari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1006399/full