@article{fdi:010063720,
  title = {{S}now cover trend and hydrological characteristics of the {A}store {R}iver basin ({W}estern {H}imalayas) and its comparison to the {H}unza basin ({K}arakoram region)},
  author = {{T}ahir, {A}. {A}. and {C}hevallier, {P}ierre and {A}rnaud, {Y}ves and {A}shraf, {M}. and {B}hatti, {M}. {T}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} large proportion of {P}akistan's irrigation water supply is taken from the {U}pper {I}ndus {R}iver {B}asin ({UIB}) in the {H}imalaya-{K}arakoram-{H}indukush range. {M}ore than half of the annual flow in the {UIB} is contributed by five of its snow and glacier-fed sub-basins including the {A}store ({W}estern {H}imalaya - south latitude of the {UIB}) and {H}unza ({C}entral {K}arakoram - north latitude of the {UIB}) {R}iver basins. {S}tudying the snow cover, its spatiotemporal change and the hydrological response of these sub-basins is important so as to better manage water resources. {T}his paper compares new data from the {A}store {R}iver basin (mean catchment elevation, 4100 m above sea level; m asl afterwards), obtained using {MODIS} satellite snow cover images, with data from a previously-studied high-altitude basin, the {H}unza (mean catchment elevation, 4650 m asl). {T}he hydrological regime of this sub-catchment was analyzed using the hydrological and climate data available at different altitudes from the basin area. {T}he results suggest that the {UIB} is a region undergoing a stable or slightly increasing trend of snow cover in the southern ({W}estern {H}imalayas) and northern ({C}entral {K}arakoram) parts. {D}ischarge from the {UIB} is a combination of snow and glacier melt with rainfall-runoff at southern part, but snow and glacier melt are dominant at the northern part of the catchment. {S}imilar snow cover trends (stable or slightly increasing) but different river flow trends (increasing in {A}store and decreasing in {H}unza) suggest a sub-catchment level study of the {UIB} to understand thoroughly its hydrological behavior for better flood forecasting and water resources management.},
  keywords = {{S}patio-temporal snow cover trend ; {U}pper {I}ndus {R}iver {B}asin {C}entral ; {K}arakoram & {W}estern {H}imalayas ; {H}ydrological regime ; {C}limate trend ; {W}ater resources management ; {INDUS} {COURS} {D}'{EAU} ; {PAKISTAN} ; {HYMALAYA} {OUEST} ; {KARAKORAM}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience of the {T}otal {E}nvironment},
  volume = {505},
  numero = {},
  pages = {748--761},
  ISSN = {0048-9697},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.065},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063720},
}