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I PROPOSED PROJECTS FOR THE MAIRS MOUNTAIN ZONE
* Individual scientists associated with the Karakoram-Kashmir Workshop Group and GLIMS Southwest
Asia Regional Center (Afghanistan, Pakistan, India), and University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA.
* Frozen Ground Data Center (FGDC), National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Boulder, CO, USA
* International Permafrost Association (IPA)
*Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Lanzhou
* GCISC, Pakistan
* Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI)
* CLIC.
Next steps and responsibilities
Dr Shroder will work with the MAIRS IPO to develop the project. A small organising committee will be formed to
prepare for the initial workshop.
11. Project title: Snow-cover change
Rationale
Winter snow cover of a region is highly sensitive to thermal variations, leading to spring flooding before the
normal onset of the summer monsoon and middle-late summer maximum glacial melt. Snow cover has a direct
relationship with annual stream flows, it provides an important albedo feedback to climate, and it is the most
important single annual contribution to glaciers. Transient snow-cover is readily observed by satellite imagery
(e.g. MODIS), and it is the focus of ongoing research that could link with MAIRS initiatives. Significant spatial,
temporal or volume changes in regional snow-cover in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau region due to global warming
could lead to severe climate and ecological problems on regional and global scales.
Objectives
The primary objective of the project is to promote the collection and analysis of snow-cover data across monsoon
Asia. This activity will require the development of close ties with the national meteorological and hydrological
services of the region. Snow-depth and water-equivalent measurement stations originally in place in such countries
as Afghanistan need to be re-established, and advanced satellite data-collection systems should be better
calibrated with in situ data. Where required, training for snow-cover measurements in the field and from satellite
imagery needs to be established for the relevant agencies.
ActivitiesA workshop in the second half 2007 on the Cryosphere of the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau, planned by the
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