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Spatio-temporal analysis of snow cover and effect of terrain attributes in the Upper Ganga River Basin, central Himalaya

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dc.contributor.authorMeetei, Prikash N.
dc.contributor.authorAhluwalia, Rajeev Saran
dc.contributor.authorRai, S.P.
dc.contributor.authorKhobragade, Suhas
dc.contributor.authorSarangi, Shushanta
dc.contributor.authorGoel, Manmohan
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Sushil
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T10:25:14Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T10:25:14Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractContinuous 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 ?18724 km2 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. � 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2020.1762764
dc.identifier.issn10106049
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.bhu.ac.in/ir/handle/123456789/15340
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Ltd.
dc.subjectaspect
dc.subjectelevation
dc.subjectMODIS
dc.subjectslope
dc.subjectSnow cover
dc.subjectUpper Ganga River Basin
dc.titleSpatio-temporal analysis of snow cover and effect of terrain attributes in the Upper Ganga River Basin, central Himalaya
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication
journal.titleGeocarto International
journalvolume.identifier.volume37

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