Glacier inventory and glacier changes (1994–2020) in the Upper Alaknanda Basin, Central Himalaya

Himalayan glaciers have been shrinking and losing mass rapidly since 1970s with an enhanced rate after 2000. The shrinkage is, however, quite heterogeneous and it is important to document individual glacier characteristics and their changes at the basin scale. We present an updated glacier inventory...

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Main Authors: Aditya Mishra, H. C. Nainwal, Tobias Bolch, Sunil Singh Shah, R. Shankar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143022000879/type/journal_article