Title: Changing climate and glacio-hydrology: a case study of Shaune Garang basin, Himachal Pradesh

Authors: Shaktiman Singh; Rajesh Kumar; Anshuman Bhardwaj; Ramesh Kumar; Atar Singh

Addresses: Department of Environmental Science, Sharda University, India; Institut für Kartographie, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany ' Department of Environmental Science, Sharda University, India ' Division of Space Technology, Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden ' Department of Environmental Science, Sharda University, India ' Department of Environmental Science, Sharda University, India

Abstract: The rise in temperature is already evident in Himalaya with rate of increase varying seasonally and spatially. Changes in precipitation are also evident with no clear trend. Several studies in different parts of Himalayas suggest that the glaciers are retreating in general with few exceptions as response to changes in temperature and precipitation. The stream flow in river basins in Indian Himalayan region (IHR) is already showing changes in studies undertaken in the last few decades. Use of glacio-hydrological models gives opportunity to estimate stream flow in glaciated river basins and understand the changes. The present study deals with estimation of discharge in Shaune Garang Basin, Himachal Pradesh using a glacio-hydrological model based on degree day factors. The model was used to estimate long term average of melt season discharge (1985-2007) in the basin. The modelled discharge shows good correlation with measured discharge for simulation period except for first year of comparison.

Keywords: climate change; snow melt; glacier melt; glacio-hydrological modelling; degree day factor.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHST.2018.093596

International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology, 2018 Vol.8 No.3, pp.258 - 272

Received: 19 May 2016
Accepted: 11 Apr 2017
Published online: 30 Jul 2018 *

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