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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Karakoram"”.
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Hydrometeorological Variability over Pakistan
… other are discussed over here. We begin with the Karakoram Anomaly that is considered as one of the most mysterious and most speculated phenomena on Planet Earth. Though, it is confined to the glaciers in the eastern Hindukush, western Karakoram and northwestern Himalayan mountain ranges of …
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Modeling Subglacial Hydrology in the Himalayas
The snowpack and glaciers of the Himalaya-Karakoram range feed several major river systems in Asia which provide water to over a billion people. Glacial retreat, glacial lake outburst flooding (GLOFs), surge behavior, and glacial ice mass balance are all likely strongly affected by subglacial …
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Glacier surging in the West Kunlun Shan
… rise (Vaughan et al., 2013). The glaciers of the Karakoram and West Kunlun Shan represent the second major global centre of surge activity (Sevestre and Benn, 2015) and also mark a region of anomalous glacier behaviour known as the ’Karakoram Anomaly’ (Hewitt, 2005), whereby widespread glacier …
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Remote Detection of Surging Glaciers Across High Mountain Asia
… transect, stretching from Pamir through Karakoram, to West Kunlun Shan. In Tian Shan and Himalaya surge incidence was isolated. Pamir glacier surge variables support a dominant hydrologically-regulated surge mechanism, in contrast to Karakoram and West Kunlun Shan glaciers, characterised …
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Observed and Predicted Climate Change Impact on Water Resources of the Upper Indus Basin: English
… river flow increased in the eastern part of the Karakoram but decreased in the west, illustrating spatial variability in river flow trends which was further investigated using Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) and Water Balance (WB) data. Spatially heterogeneous trends in SWE and WB were observed …
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In search of appropriate architecture : a jamat khana in Hunza, Pakistan
… all over the world by way of the newly built Karakoram highway. In this hazy mist of change in Hunza, the local architecture is being severely affected. People are using new building materials in their own way of construction without any fear or concern. A search to establish a comprehensive …
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Intermontane valley fills
… processes at the southeastern edge of the Karakoram. Paleo-ice-extent indicators and remnants of a more than 400-m-thick fluvio-lacustrine valley fill point to blockage of the Shyok River, a main tributary of the upper Indus, by the Siachen Glacier, which is the largest glacier in the …
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Energy conservation and thermal comfort in buildings in northern Pakistan
… of information and commerce facilitated by the Karakoram Highway. This highway, completed in 1974, has allowed a culture and lifestyle dating back many of hundreds of years to be influenced by lower Pakistan and western cultures. Architecturally, these changes have led to the use of new, …
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Wind and temperature in a glacierised Himalayan valley, and their controlling mechanisms
The Hindu-Kush Karakoram Himalaya (HKKH) contains the third largest quantity of snow and ice in the world, after the Polar Regions. Meltwater from this snow and ice feeds many of the major rivers in Asia, which ultimately provide water for 1.9 billion people. Due to its complex and rugged terrain, …
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GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING OF THE K2 AREA, PAKISTAN USING GIS AND REMOTE SENSING
Geomorphological mapping assists in evaluating the polygenetic role of glaciation, mass movement denudation, and fluvial erosion in landscape development. A series of thirteen 1:100,000 geomorphological maps covering the area between Skardu and K2 were produced using field mapping and photography, …
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GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING OF THE K2 AREA, PAKISTAN USING GIS AND REMOTE SENSING
Geomorphological mapping assists in evaluating the polygenetic role of glaciation, mass movement denudation, and fluvial erosion in landscape development. A series of thirteen 1:100,000 geomorphological maps covering the area between Skardu and K2 were produced using field mapping and photography, …
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Precipitation prediction over High Mountain Asia using Gaussian processes
The rivers of High Mountain Asia provide freshwater to over 1.9 billion people. However, precipitation, the main driver of river flow, is still poorly understood due to limited direct measurements in this area. Existing tools to interpolate the few available measurements or to downscale and …