781776fb-5ee4-490a-83e4-8a2901196ed2 eng f9bb67c2-6d52-4f3b-aec1-dc61c0438e36 Ev-K2-CNR +39 035 3230511 +39 035 3230551 Via San Bernardino 145 Bergamo BG 24126 Italy metadata@evk2cnr.org http://www.evk2cnr.org/ 2012-01-11T10:56:21 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 Analysis of glacial meltwater in Bagrot Valley, Karakoram, based on short term ablation and debris cover observations on Hinarche Glacier 2011-06-10T08:00:00 Mountain Research and Development, 30,2, 169-177. 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. Publications on the scientific researches performed at high elevations both on the Alps and on extra-Alpine mountain ranges (Himalaya and Karakoram). Christoph Mayer Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities Alfons-Goppel Strasse 11 Munich Germany christoph.mayer@lrz.badw-muenchen.de Astrid Lambrecht Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Innsbruck Innrain 52, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Claudia Mihalcea University of Milan +39 0250315514 via Mangiagalli 34 Milan MI 20133 Italy claudia.mihalcea@unimi.it Marco Belò University of Milan Guglielmina Diolaiuti University of Milan +39 0250315510 +39 0250315494 via Mangiagalli, 34 Milano MI 20133 Italy guglielmina.diolaiuti@unimi.it www.unimi.it Claudio Smiraglia University of Milan +39 0250315516 +39 02 50315494 Via Mangiagalli, 34 Milano MI 20133 Italy claudio.smiraglia@unimi.it www.unimi.it Furrukh Bashir Pakistan Meteorological Survey Islamabad Pakistan https://geoportal.mountaingenius.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=781776fb-5ee4-490a-83e4-8a2901196ed2&fname=mountain_witness__s.png thumbnail png SHARE Climate change ice and snow melt monitoring strategies water resources glacierized mountain areas debris-covered glacier Pakistan Karakoram eng climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere elevation environment geoscientificInformation 60.8663 77.8239 23.688 37.0608 http://www.evk2cnr.org/cms/en/share/publications?filter0=wp%201.2 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Publications Evk2CNR-Glaciology http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-09-00043.1 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Abstract:"Analysis of glacial meltwater in Bagrot Valley, Karakoram, based on short term ablation and debris cover observations on Hinarche Glacier" Chapters in Books Smiraglia, C., G. 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