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Climbing the Asian Water Tower
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| Coordinator |
UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
Organization address contact info |
| Coordinator Country | Netherlands [NL] |
| Project website | http://www.mountainhydrology.org |
| Total cost | 1˙499˙631 € |
| EC max contribution | 1˙499˙631 € (100%) |
| Programme |
1. H2020-EU.1.1. (EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)) |
| Code Call | ERC-2015-STG |
| Funding Scheme | ERC-STG |
| Starting year | 2016 |
| Duration (year-month-day) | from 2016-02-01 to 2021-01-31 |
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| 1 | UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT | NL (UTRECHT) | coordinator | 1˙499˙631.00 |
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Project objective
The water cycle in the Himalaya is poorly understood because of its extreme topography that results in complex interactions between climate and water stored in snow and glaciers. Hydrological extremes in the greater Himalayas regularly cause great damage, e.g. the Pakistan floods in 2010, while the Himalayas also supply water to over 25% of the global population. So, the stakes are high and an accurate understanding of the Himalayan water cycle is imperative. The discovery of the monumental error on the future of the Himalayan glaciers in the fourth assessment report of the IPCC is exemplary for the scientific misconceptions which are associated to the Himalayan glaciers and its water supplying function. The underlying reason is the huge scale gap that exists between studies for individual glaciers that are not representative of the entire region and hydrological modelling studies that represent the variability in Himalayan climates. In CAT, I will bridge this knowledge gap and explain spatial differences in Himalayan glacio-hydrology at an unprecedented level of detail by combining high-altitude observations, the latest remote sensing technology and state-of-the-art atmospheric and hydrological models. I will generate a high-altitude meteorological observations and will employ drones to monitor glacier dynamics. The data will be used to parameterize key processes in hydro-meteorological models such as cloud resolving mechanisms, glacier dynamics and the ice and snow energy balance. The results will be integrated into atmospheric and glacio-hyrological models for two representative, but contrasting catchments using in combination with the systematic inclusion of the newly developed algorithms. CAT will unambiguously reveal spatial differences in Himalayan glacio-hydrology necessary to project future changes in water availability and extreme events. As such, CAT may provide the scientific base for climate change adaptation policies in this vulnerable region.
Publications
| year | authors and title | journal | last update |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |
Jakob F. Steiner, Philip D. A. Kraaijenbrink, Sergiu G. Jiduc, Walter W. Immerzeel Brief communication: The Khurdopin glacier surge revisited – extreme flow velocities and formation of a dammed lake in 2017 published pages: 95-101, ISSN: 1994-0424, DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-95-2018 |
The Cryosphere 12/1 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2016 |
Christian Vincent, Patrick Wagnon, Joseph M. Shea, Walter W. Immerzeel, Philip Kraaijenbrink, Dibas Shrestha, Alvaro Soruco, Yves Arnaud, Fanny Brun, Etienne Berthier, Sonam Futi Sherpa Reduced melt on debris-covered glaciers: investigations from Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal published pages: 1845-1858, ISSN: 1994-0424, DOI: 10.5194/tc-10-1845-2016 |
The Cryosphere 10/4 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2016 |
P.D.A. Kraaijenbrink, J.M. Shea, F. Pellicciotti, S.M. de Jong, W.W. Immerzeel Object-based analysis of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery to map and characterise surface features on a debris-covered glacier published pages: 581-595, ISSN: 0034-4257, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.09.013 |
Remote Sensing of Environment 186 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2017 |
Emmy E. Stigter, Niko Wanders, Tuomo M. Saloranta, Joseph M. Shea, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Walter W. Immerzeel Assimilation of snow cover and snow depth into a snow model to estimate snow water equivalent and snowmelt runoff in a Himalayan catchment published pages: 1647-1664, ISSN: 1994-0424, DOI: 10.5194/tc-11-1647-2017 |
The Cryosphere 11/4 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2017 |
René R. Wijngaard, Arthur F. Lutz, Santosh Nepal, Sonu Khanal, Saurav Pradhananga, Arun B. Shrestha, Walter W. Immerzeel Future changes in hydro-climatic extremes in the Upper Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra River basins published pages: e0190224, ISSN: 1932-6203, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190224 |
PLOS ONE 12/12 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2016 |
Silvan Ragettli, Walter W. Immerzeel, Francesca Pellicciotti Contrasting climate change impact on river flows from high-altitude catchments in the Himalayan and Andes Mountains published pages: 9222-9227, ISSN: 0027-8424, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1606526113 |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113/33 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2016 |
A. F. Lutz, W. W. Immerzeel, P. D. A. Kraaijenbrink, A. B. Shrestha, M. F. P. Bierkens Climate Change Impacts on the Upper Indus Hydrology: Sources, Shifts and Extremes published pages: e0165630, ISSN: 1932-6203, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165630 |
PLOS ONE 11/11 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2017 |
A. P. Dimri, W. W. Immerzeel, N. Salzmann, R. J. Thayyen Comparison of climatic trends and variability among glacierized environments in the Western Himalayas published pages: , ISSN: 0177-798X, DOI: 10.1007/s00704-017-2265-8 |
Theoretical and Applied Climatology | 2019-07-08 |
| 2017 |
EVAN S. MILES, IAN C. WILLIS, NEIL S. ARNOLD, JAKOB STEINER, FRANCESCA PELLICCIOTTI Spatial, seasonal and interannual variability of supraglacial ponds in the Langtang Valley of Nepal, 1999–2013 published pages: 88-105, ISSN: 0022-1430, DOI: 10.1017/jog.2016.120 |
Journal of Glaciology 63/237 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2017 |
Koji Fujita, Hiroshi Inoue, Takeki Izumi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Ayako Sadakane, Sojiro Sunako, Kouichi Nishimura, Walter W. Immerzeel, Joseph M. Shea, Rijan B. Kayastha, Takanobu Sawagaki, David F. Breashears, Hiroshi Yagi, Akiko Sakai Anomalous winter-snow-amplified earthquake-induced disaster of the 2015 Langtang avalanche in Nepal published pages: 749-764, ISSN: 1684-9981, DOI: 10.5194/nhess-17-749-2017 |
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 17/5 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2018 |
Emmy E. Stigter, Maxime Litt, Jakob F. Steiner, Pleun N. J. Bonekamp, Joseph M. Shea, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Walter W. Immerzeel The Importance of Snow Sublimation on a Himalayan Glacier published pages: , ISSN: 2296-6463, DOI: 10.3389/feart.2018.00108 |
Frontiers in Earth Science 6 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2016 |
Philip Kraaijenbrink, Sander W. Meijer, Joseph M. Shea, Francesca Pellicciotti, Steven M. De Jong, Walter W. Immerzeel Seasonal surface velocities of a Himalayan glacier derived by automated correlation of unmanned aerial vehicle imagery published pages: 103-113, ISSN: 0260-3055, DOI: 10.3189/2016AoG71A072 |
Annals of Glaciology 57/71 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2016 |
Pascal Buri, Evan S. Miles, Jakob F. Steiner, Walter W. Immerzeel, Patrick Wagnon, Francesca Pellicciotti A physically based 3-D model of ice cliff evolution over debris-covered glaciers published pages: 2471-2493, ISSN: 2169-9003, DOI: 10.1002/2016JF004039 |
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 121/12 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2016 |
Arthur F. Lutz, Herbert W. ter Maat, Hester Biemans, Arun B. Shrestha, Philippus Wester, Walter W. Immerzeel Selecting representative climate models for climate change impact studies: an advanced envelope-based selection approach published pages: 3988-4005, ISSN: 0899-8418, DOI: 10.1002/joc.4608 |
International Journal of Climatology 36/12 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2017 |
Evan S. Miles, Jakob F. Steiner, Fanny Brun Highly variable aerodynamic roughness length ( z 0 ) for a hummocky debris-covered glacier published pages: 8447-8466, ISSN: 2169-897X, DOI: 10.1002/2017JD026510 |
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122/16 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2017 |
Evan S. Miles, Jakob Steiner, Ian Willis, Pascal Buri, Walter W. Immerzeel, Anna Chesnokova, Francesca Pellicciotti Pond Dynamics and Supraglacial-Englacial Connectivity on Debris-Covered Lirung Glacier, Nepal published pages: , ISSN: 2296-6463, DOI: 10.3389/FEART.2017.00069 |
Frontiers in Earth Science 5 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2018 |
Remco J. de Kok, Obbe A. Tuinenburg, Pleun N. J. Bonekamp, Walter W. Immerzeel Irrigation as a Potential Driver for Anomalous Glacier Behavior in High Mountain Asia published pages: 2047-2054, ISSN: 0094-8276, DOI: 10.1002/2017GL076158 |
Geophysical Research Letters 45/4 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2017 |
A. Orr, C. Listowski, M. Couttet, E. Collier, W. Immerzeel, P. Deb, D. Bannister Sensitivity of simulated summer monsoonal precipitation in Langtang Valley, Himalaya, to cloud microphysics schemes in WRF published pages: 6298-6318, ISSN: 2169-897X, DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025801 |
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122/12 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2016 |
Joseph M. Shea, Walter W. Immerzeel An assessment of basin-scale glaciological and hydrological sensitivities in the Hindu Kush–Himalaya published pages: 308-318, ISSN: 0260-3055, DOI: 10.3189/2016AoG71A073 |
Annals of Glaciology 57/71 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2016 |
FANNY BRUN, PASCAL BURI, EVAN S. MILES, PATRICK WAGNON, JAKOB STEINER, ETIENNE BERTHIER, SILVAN RAGETTLI, PHILIP KRAAIJENBRINK, WALTER W. IMMERZEEL, FRANCESCA PELLICCIOTTI Quantifying volume loss from ice cliffs on debris-covered glaciers using high-resolution terrestrial and aerial photogrammetry published pages: 684-695, ISSN: 0022-1430, DOI: 10.1017/jog.2016.54 |
Journal of Glaciology 62/234 | 2019-07-08 |
| 2018 |
René Reijer Wijngaard, Hester Biemans, Arthur Friedrich Lutz, Arun Bhakta Shrestha, Philippus Wester, Walter Willem Immerzeel Climate change vs. socio-economic development: understanding the future South Asian water gap published pages: 6297-6321, ISSN: 1607-7938, DOI: 10.5194/hess-22-6297-2018 |
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22/12 | 2019-04-16 |
| 2018 |
Fanny Brun, Patrick Wagnon, Etienne Berthier, Joseph M. Shea, Walter W. Immerzeel, Philip D. A. Kraaijenbrink, Christian Vincent, Camille Reverchon, Dibas Shrestha, Yves Arnaud Ice cliff contribution to the tongue-wide ablation of Changri Nup Glacier, Nepal, central Himalaya published pages: 3439-3457, ISSN: 1994-0424, DOI: 10.5194/tc-12-3439-2018 |
The Cryosphere 12/11 | 2019-04-16 |
| 2019 |
Arthur F. Lutz, Herbert W. ter Maat, René R. Wijngaard, Hester Biemans, Abu Syed, Arun B. Shrestha, Philippus Wester, Walter W. Immerzeel South Asian river basins in a 1.5 °C warmer world published pages: 833-847, ISSN: 1436-3798, DOI: 10.1007/s10113-018-1433-4 |
Regional Environmental Change 19/3 | 2019-04-16 |
| 2018 |
P. N. J. Bonekamp, E. Collier, W. W. Immerzeel The Impact of Spatial Resolution, Land Use, and Spinup Time on Resolving Spatial Precipitation Patterns in the Himalayas published pages: 1565-1581, ISSN: 1525-755X, DOI: 10.1175/jhm-d-17-0212.1 |
Journal of Hydrometeorology 19/10 | 2019-04-16 |
| 2018 |
Jakob F. Steiner, Maxime Litt, Emmy E. Stigter, Joseph Shea, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Walter W. Immerzeel The Importance of Turbulent Fluxes in the Surface Energy Balance of a Debris-Covered Glacier in the Himalayas published pages: , ISSN: 2296-6463, DOI: 10.3389/feart.2018.00144 |
Frontiers in Earth Science 6 | 2019-04-16 |
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