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DOI	10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102935
	Drivers of climate over the Western Himalayan region of India: A review
	Das L.; Meher J.K.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	00128252
卷号	198
英文摘要	The Himalayas popularly known as the ‘Third Pole’ and ‘Water tower’ of Asia has attracted global attention under the context of climate change as rainfall in this region has decreased drastically, and temperature has risen very rapidly in the last century. Present study was attempted to quantify such abnormal warming and unexpected declining trend of rainfall vis-à-vis to identify factors influencing such abnormal behavior over the complex physiographical region technically known as Western Himalaya Region (WHR) through the available literature therein. It was revealed that frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall and temperature events have risen due to the variation of local weather events while mean climate has altered due to the influence of large-scale circulations like the Indian monsoon, Western Disturbances, and change in teleconnection pattern. Why the WHR has been a hotspot of several hazards like the cloudburst, Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF), convective storms, and forest fires in the past have been answered with appropriate evidence. Feedback from different atmospheric factors like snow-albedo, black carbon, and other suspended particulates was discussed in details to understand the complex nature of the Himalayan climate. WHR may face higher magnitude of heavy and extreme rainfall because of its accelerated warming. Information assembled in the present paper will be considered as a valuable resource document for the remote and vulnerable geographical locations of WHR, where research and developmental activities lag due to unavailability of adequate data and its quality and insufficient information and its proper access in a concise form. © 2019
关键词	Feedback Local climate Natural Hazards Review Western Himalayan Region
英文关键词	air temperature; climate change; climate feedback; monsoon; precipitation intensity; teleconnection; Himalayas; India
语种	英语
来源期刊	Earth Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/203412
作者单位	Department of Agricultural Meteorology and Physics, Bidhan Chandra Krishi ViswavidyalayaWest Bengal, India
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Das L.,Meher J.K.. Drivers of climate over the Western Himalayan region of India: A review[J],2019,198.
APA	Das L.,&Meher J.K..(2019).Drivers of climate over the Western Himalayan region of India: A review.Earth Science Reviews,198.
MLA	Das L.,et al."Drivers of climate over the Western Himalayan region of India: A review".Earth Science Reviews 198(2019).