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%T Himalayan Warming and Climate Change in India
%8 2011-06-23
%9 On-line
%A Rao, Vadlamudi Brahmananda,
%A Franchito, Sergio Henrique,
%A Gerólamo, Renato Orrú Pedroso,
%A Giarolla, Emanuel,
%A Ramakrishna, S. S. V. S.,
%A Badarinath, K. V. S,
%A Naidu, C. V.,
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
%@affiliation Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, India
%@affiliation National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad, India
%@affiliation Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, India
%@electronicmailaddress vbrao@met.inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress sergio.franchito@cptec.inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress renato.orru@cptec.inpe.br
%@electronicmailaddress emanuel.giarolla@cptec.inpe.br
%B Global and Planetary Change
%I Instituto
%I Nacional
%I de
%I Pesquisas
%I Espaciais
%C São José dos Campos
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%K Himalayan glaciers, global warming, floods in India, malaria in India, IPCC AR4 model, Köppen climates.
%X Recent studies showed that the Himalayan glaciers are reducing alarmingly. This is attributed 20 to global warming. Since the melt water of Himalayan glaciers and snow is the principal 21 source of water for several rivers, a decrease of this source is a calamity for the large fraction 22 of global population living in nearby regions such as India. In Asia for the 60% global 23 population only 36% of global water is available. Any further decrease of this vital necessity 24 makes the very existence of billions of people doubtful. Here we show, using both 25 observations and one IPCC-AR4 model with high horizontal resolution, that the Himalayan 26 region in fact underwent a maximum warming of 2.5ºC from 1950 to 1999 and would reach 27 the highest temperature rise of 9ºC in 2100. Temperature and rainfall variations determine a 28 simple climate classification proposed by Köppen. We show changes that occur in climate 29 and biosphere using this classification. Also we discussed the impact of warming and 30 resulting changes in Köppen climates on the floods and malaria in India.
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