Changing monsoon patterns, snow and glacial melt, its impacts and adaptation options in northern India: Setting the stage

Moors, Eddy J.; Stoffel, Markus

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.033

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Changing monsoon patterns, snow and glacial melt, its impacts and adaptation options in northern India: Setting the stage

ContributorsMoors, Eddy J.; Stoffel, Markus

Published inScience of the Total Environment, vol. 468-469, p. S1-S3

Publication date2013

Abstract

To set the stage of this special issue this paper gives a short introduction to the sensitivity to climate change of the main bio-physical processes in the Hindukush–Karakoram–Himalayas. It also describes the socio-economic setting of the Ganges basin in northern India as the main focal point of the impact and adaptation studies in this special issue.

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Climate change
Adaptation
Himalayas

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MOORS, Eddy J., STOFFEL, Markus. Changing monsoon patterns, snow and glacial melt, its impacts and adaptation options in northern India: Setting the stage. In: Science of the Total Environment, 2013, vol. 468-469, p. S1–S3. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.033

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PID : unige:121757
DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.033

Commercial URLhttps://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969713011777

ISSN of the journal0048-9697

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