A5026098954- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Climate change and permafrost
- Landslides and related hazards
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and Techniques
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
- Climate variability and models
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
Islamic University of Science and Technology
2021-2025
University of Kashmir
2016-2025
Action for ME
2022
Energy and Resources Institute
2004-2006
National Centre for Earth Observation
2004
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
2003
The University of Tokyo
2000
West Lidder River, in the Northwest Greater-Himalayan mountain range, is major source of irrigation and drinking water supplies for Kashmir Valley with a population seven million people. The whole River snow icemelt emanating from its two subcatchments East Lidder. Snowmelt significantly contributes to evolution drainage patterns this area. Quantitative morphometry plays vital role routing snowmelt other hydrological processes. Morphometric analysis catchment was carried out using geospatial...
Abstract. The local weather and climate of the Himalayas are sensitive interlinked with global-scale changes in climate, as hydrology this region is mainly governed by snow glaciers. There clear strong indicators change reported for Himalayas, particularly Jammu Kashmir situated western Himalayas. In study, using observational data, detailed characteristics long- short-term well localized variations temperature precipitation analyzed these six meteorological stations, namely, Gulmarg,...
Lidder tributary in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) of Himalayas, an important source surface and ground water, is experiencing clear indications climate change. In basin, minimum, maximum, average temperatures are showing a significant increasing trend all four seasons. Precipitation insignificant decrease over time basin. However, proportion snow decreasing correspondingly, rains increasing. The temperature projections also show trends for end this century. time-series analysis Normalized...
The 2014 extreme flooding in Kashmir, with the peak discharge exceeding 115,000 cfs and Jhelum River overflowing its banks, was triggered by complex interplay of atmospheric disturbances causing widespread rainfall for 7 days preceding event. We used multisource data GIS environment; satellites, hydro-meteorological, socioeconomic field data, to assess role various factors flooding. event aggravated geomorphic setup Valley. Tributaries south, characterized high gradient, decreased time...
The Himalayan mountain system to the north of Indian land mass with arcuate strike NW-SE for about 2400 km holds one largest concentration glaciers outside polar regions in its high-altitude regions. Perennial snow and ice-melt from these frozen reservoirs is used catchments alluvial plains three major river systems, i.e. Indus, Ganga Brahmaputra irrigation, hydropower generation, production bio-resources fulfilling domestic water demand. Also, variations extent are understood be a sensitive...
Using Landsat data at decadal interval (1980–2013), the glacier fluctuations (glacier area, equilibrium line altitude and specific mass balance) of nine benchmark glaciers in Kashmir Himalaya were estimated. The observed changes related to topographic climatic variables order understand their influence. From analysis, it was that have shrunk by 17%, ELA has shifted upwards (80–300 m) SMB shows variation loss from −0.77 −0.16 m.w.e. Annual air temperature showed a significant increasing...
Sedimentation of water bodies is governed by the erosional processes occurring at watershed level. In this research, a method proposed for assessing sediment yield mountainous watersheds surrounding Wular lake in Kashmir Himalaya, using geoinformatics and geostatistics. This empirical semi-quantitative approach takes into account weightage-based influence parameters governing yield. The results study reveal that out six Lake, Madhumati with highest index, SYI (39.78) drains maximum sediments...
The Indus River Basin covers an area of around 1 million square kilometers and connects four countries: Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan. More than 300 people depend to some extent on the basin's water, yet a growing population, increasing food energy demands, climate change, shifting monsoon patterns are exerting pressure. Under these pressures, "business as usual" (BAU) approach is no longer sustainable, decision makers wider stakeholders calling for more integrated inclusive...
Abstract Decadal glacier thickness changes over the Upper Indus Basin in Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya were estimated using TanDEM-X SRTM-C Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) from 2000 to 2012. In study area 12,243 glaciers having 19,727 ± 1,054 km 2 have thinned on an average of − 0.35 0.33 m a −1 during observation period. The highest thinning 1.69 0.60 was observed Pir Panjal while as marginal 0.11 0.32 for Karakoram. indicated strong influence topographic parameters. Higher reduction situated...