63fa0565-9155-4ed6-98b3-7706145ab23a eng Ev-K2-CNR +39 035 3230511 +39 035 3230551 Via San Bernardino 145 Bergamo BG 24126 Italy metadata@evk2cnr.org http://www.evk2cnr.org/ 2014-06-29T17:04:17 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Analysis of Glacial Meltwater in Bagrot Based on Short-term Ablation and Debris Cover Observations on Hinarche Glacier by Christoph Mayer1*, Astrid Lambrecht2, Claudia Mihalcea3,4, Marco Belo` 3,5, Guglielmina Diolaiuti3,4, Claudio Smiraglia3,4, and Furrukh Bashir6- * Corresponding author: Christoph.Mayer@lrz.badw-muenchen.de; 1 Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Commission for Glaciology, Alfons-Goppel Strasse 11, D-80539 Munich, Germany; 2 Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck, Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; 3 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra A. Desio, Universita` degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 34, Milan, Italy; 4 Ev-K2-CNR, Via San Bernardino 145, 24126 Bergamo, Italy; 5 Trimble Navigation, Centro Torri Bianche, Palazzo Larice, I-20059 Vimercate, Milan, Italy; 6 Pakistan Meteorological Survey, Research and Development Division, Headquarters Office Sector H-8/2, Islamabad, Pakistan 2010-06-17T00:00:00 Mountain Research and Development (MRD) People in the Karakoram use discharge from glaciers during summer for irrigation and other purposes. While the glacial meltwater supply during hot and dry periods will vary as a result of climate change, Karakoram glaciers so far have not shown a consistent reaction to climatic change, although climate scenarios indicate severe future impacts in the high-elevation regions of the Himalaya and Karakoram. Field measurements on Hinarche Glacier in Bagrot Valley are combined with remote sensing information and climate observations to investigate the meltwater production of the glacier and estimate the meltwater discharge in the valley.Special emphasis was placed on ice melt beneath supraglacial debris, which is the common process on the glacier tongues in the region. The calculated annual meltwater production of about 135 million m3 for Hinarche Glacier shows the order of magnitude for glacier runoff in such environments. Glacial meltwater production is about 300 million m3 per year for the entire valley under balanced conditions. This analysis serves as a basis for further investigations concerning temporal meltwater variability and potential water usage by the local population. Claudia Mihalcea Università degli Studi di Milano Milano claudia.mihalcea@unimi.it http://www.mrd-journal.org/ Christoph Mayer Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities Germany Christoph Mayer <Christoph.Mayer@lrz.badw-muenchen.de> Guglielmina Diolaiuti Università degli Studi di Milano Italy guglielmina.diolaiuti@unimi.it https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=63fa0565-9155-4ed6-98b3-7706145ab23a&fname=mountain_witness__s.png thumbnail png Climate change; debris-covered glacier;glacierized mountain areas; water resources; Karakoram;monitoring strategies; ice and snow melt; Pakistan. SHARE SEED eng climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180 180 -90 90 www.mrd-journal.org WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link