Volume 2: Handbook of Spatio-Temporal Monitoring of Water Resources and Climate is aimed to describe the current state of knowledge and developments of geospatial technologies (Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems) for assessing and managing water resources under climate change. It is a collective achievement of renowned researchers and academicians working in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) mountain range. The HKH region is a part of the Third Pole outside the polar regions due to its largest permanent snow cover. Importantly, the Himalayan belt is geologically fragile and vulnerable to geohazards (e.g. landslides, land subsidence, rockfalls, debris flow, avalanches, and earthquakes). Therefore, critical assessment and geospatial solutions are indispensable to safeguard the natural resources and human beings in the Himalayas using space-borne satellite datasets. This book also showcases various remote sensing techniques and algorithms in the field of urban sprawling, urban microclimate and air pollution. The potential impacts of climate change on the cryosphere and water resources are also highlighted. This comprehensive Handbook is highly interdisciplinary and explains the role of geospatial technologies in studying the water resources of the Himalayas considering climate change.
Key Features
- This book is unique as it focuses on the utility of satellite data for monitoring snow cover variability, snowmelt runoff, glacier lakes, avalanche susceptibility and flood modeling.
- Explain how Remote Sensing techniques are useful for mapping and managing the morphology and ecology of the Himalayan River.
- Addresses how geospatial technologies are valuable for understanding climate change impact on hydrological extremes, the potential impact of land use/land cover change (LULC) on hydrology and water resources management.
- It highlights the impact of LULC changes on land surface temperature, groundwater, and air pollution in urban areas.
- Includes contributions from global professionals working in the HKH region.
Readership
The Handbook serves as a valuable reference for students, researchers, scientists, Hydrologists, hydro-ecologists, meteorologists, geologists, decision makers and all others who wish to advance their knowledge on monitoring and managing water resources and urban ecosystem using remote sensing in the HKH region considering climate change.
Author(s): Bikash Ranjan Parida, Arvind Chandra Pandey, Mukunda Dev Behera, Navneet Kumar
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 399
City: Boca Raton
Cover
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Contents
Foreword
Preface
Editors
Contributors
Section I Geospatial Approaches for Monitoring Cryosphere and Hydro-climatic Disasters
Chapter 1 Monitoring Spatiotemporal Snow-Cover Dynamics with a Focus on Runoff in the Zanskar Valley, Ladakh, India
Chapter 2 Comparative Assessment on Glacier Velocity Estimation Using Optical and Microwave Satellite Data over Select Large Glaciers across the Himalaya
Chapter 3 Monitoring Spatiotemporal Patterns of Glacial Lakes in the Eastern Himalayas Using Satellite Data and Nonparametric Statistical Testing Techniques
Chapter 4 Modeling Avalanche Susceptible Zones across the Indo-China Border around the Galwan Valley, Ladakh (India): Geoinformatics-based Perspective in High-Altitude Battlefield
Chapter 5 Flood Monitoring and Assessment over the Himalayan River Catchment
Chapter 6 Flood Inundation and Floodwater Depth Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Data in the Gandak River Basin
Section II Geospatial Approaches for Monitoring Water Resources and Climate Change
Chapter 7 Climate Change Impact on the Hydrological Extremes of a River Basin in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region: A Case Study of the Marsyangdi River Basin, Nepal
Chapter 8 Climate-Change Projections in the Himalayan River Basin Using CMIP6 GCMs: A Case Study in the Koshi River Basin, Nepal
Chapter 9 Impact of Structural Barriers on the Morphology and Ecology of the Himalayan Rivers
Chapter 10 Modeling the Potential Impact of Land Use/Land Cover Change on the Hydrology of Himalayan River Basin: A Case Study of Manipur River, India
Chapter 11 The Application of Remote Sensing for Water Resources Management in Data-Scarce Watersheds in the Hindu Kush Himalaya Region: A Case of Kabul River Basin
Section III Geospatial Approaches for Monitoring Urban Ecosystem
Chapter 12 Urban Sprawl and Future Growth Projection vis-à-vis Groundwater Resource Availability in Hill Township in Shillong (Meghalaya), India
Chapter 13 Land Surface Temperature Responses to Urban Landscape Dynamics
Chapter 14 Effects of Land Use/Land Cover Changes on Surface Temperature and Urban Heat Island over Kathmandu District in Nepal
Chapter 15 Assessing Aerosol and Nitrogen Dioxide Concentration in Major Urban Cities over the Himalayan Region during the COVID-19 Lockdown Phases
Chapter 16 Development of Spatially Distributed GIS-based Emission Inventory of Particulate Matter from Anthropogenic Sources over India and Assessment of Trends of Pollution
Chapter 17 Spatial Distribution of Particulate Organic Carbon over India and the Prediction of Its Deposition in the Himalayas through the GIS-WRF-CAMx Modeling System
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