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Title: Spatio-temporal analysis of snow cover and effect of terrain attributes in the Upper Ganga River Basin, central Himalaya
Authors: Meetei, Prikash N.
Ahluwalia, Rajeev Saran
Rai, S. P.
Khobragade, S. D.
Sarangi, Shushanta
Goel, M. K.
Kumar, Sushil
Keywords: Snow cover
Elevation
Slope
Aspect
MODIS
Upper Ganga River Basin
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Citation: Geocarto International
Abstract: Continuous monitoring of snow cover area (SCA) in space and time is a vital input to estimate the snow/glacier melt runoff, glacial mass balance and other hydrological studies. The present study aims to find out the spatio-temporal variation of SCA and inter-relationship between snow accumulation and topography in the Upper Ganga River Basin (UGRB) including Bhagirathi, Alaknanda, Mandakini and Pindar River sub-basins, central Himalaya using MODIS Terra (MOD10A2) data. SCA is found 32.33% to the total basin area of 18724km2 in UGRB. The Average of 12 year shows that Bhagirathi River Basin has maximum SCA 33.25%, whereas Pindar river basin has minimum SCA 17.50% among these four sub-basins. Maximum rate of change of SCA is found in the Mandakini River Basin. Slope class 20 –30 has more favorable conditions for snow accumulation. North and north-west aspect has higher snow accumulation with maximum positive attribution in January and minimum in July.
URI: http://117.252.14.250:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/6036
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