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Glacier mass loss in the Alaknanda basin, Garhwal Himalaya on a decadal scale / S.N. Remya in Geocarto international, vol 37 n° 10 ([01/06/2022])  

Public [article]  inGeocarto international > vol 37 n° 10 [01/06/2022] . - pp 3014 - 3032 Titre : Glacier mass loss in the Alaknanda basin, Garhwal Himalaya on a decadal scale Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : S.N. Remya, Auteur ; Anil V. Kulkarni, Auteur ; Tajdarul Hassan Syed, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 3014 - 3032 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications photogrammétriques [Termes IGN] altitude [Termes IGN] analyse diachronique [Termes IGN] bilan de masse [Termes IGN] carte choroplèthe [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] fonte des glaces [Termes IGN] glacier [Termes IGN] Himalaya [Termes IGN] image Cartosat-1 [Termes IGN] MNS SRTM [Termes IGN] point d'appui Résumé : (auteur) The Himalayan glaciers significantly contribute to the largest river systems like the Indus, Ganga, and the Brahmaputra. The change in glacial area and mass can affect the mountain community and people living in the Indo-Gangetic plain. The present study adopted the geodetic method to estimate the elevation change and mass budget of 61 glaciers in the Alaknanda Basin, using the satellite data of Cartosat-1 (2011, 2014, 2017) and SRTM (2000). Besides, the DEM of 1962 (SOI Toposheet) and 2000 (SRTM) is used to estimate the mass budget of Satopanth (SPG) and Bhagirath Kharak glaciers (BKG). The field debris thickness of SPG (2015-2017) is compared with the elevation change (2000-2017). Further, we have compared the mass loss of the glaciers with their volume. The results suggest the sustained mass loss of 1.85 ± 0.10 Gt out of 33.9 ± 8.8 Gt for 61 glaciers in the basin from 2000-2017. The mass loss of SPG and BKG during 2000-2017 is 0.20 ± 0.02 Gt and 0.24 ± 0.03 Gt, whereas from 1962 to 2000, is 0.083 ± 0.03 Gt and 0.091 ± 0.04 Gt, respectively. The analysis facilitates a better understanding of glacier mass changes in the Alaknanda basin on a multi-decadal scale. Numéro de notice : A2022-597 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1080/10106049.2020.1844309 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2020.1844309 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=101301 [article]