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Research article
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06 Oct 2017
Research article |
| 06 Oct 2017
Spatiotemporal patterns of High Mountain Asia's snowmelt season identified with an automated snowmelt detection algorithm, 1987–2016
Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Bodo Bookhagen
Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Aljoscha Rheinwalt
Institute for Earth and Environmental Sciences, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Short summary
High Mountain Asia’s rivers, which serve more than a billion people, receive a significant portion of their water budget in the form of snow. We develop an algorithm to track timing of the snowmelt season using passive microwave data from 1987 to 2016. We find that most of High Mountain Asia has experienced shorter melt seasons, earlier snow clearance, and earlier snowmelt onset, but that these changes are highly spatially and temporally heterogeneous.
High Mountain Asia’s rivers, which serve more than a billion people, receive a significant...
