The rising intensity and frequency of extreme temperature events are caused due to climate change likely affect the entire world. In this context, Himalayas reported be very sensitive changes in extremes. study, we investigate variability extremes over Northwest early 21st century (2000–2018). Here, used 14 indices recommended by ETCCDI (Expert Team on Climate Change Detection Indices). present...

The retreat and shrinkage of glaciers due to climate change are the causes for formation expansion glacial lakes in Himalayas. This study presents rapidly expanding Nepal Himalayas between 1988 2018 based on published lake inventories produced from Landsat imageries (30 m). Glacier-fed end moraine-dammed whose surface area was?0.1 km2 with an rate more than 30% 1988-2018 were regarded as lakes....

Three-dimensional structure of summer monsoon convection in the Himalayan region and its overall variability are examined by analyzing data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar over the June–September seasons of 2002 and 2003. Statistics are compiled for both convective and stratiform components of the observed radar echoes. Deep intense convective echoes (40 ...

Introduction: Frostbite is a common debilitating condition seen in travelers and residents at high altitudes. Emergent on-site management is warranted in the absence of institutionalized care and compromised evacuation facilities. This prospective, observational study assessed the outcome of on-site emergent management in low-resource, high altitude healthcare setups in the fie...

Objective: Himalayan mountain populations have been dependent upon indigenous plant resources for their health care for many years. Tribal women are interested in use of local herbs for cosmetic purposes. The present work is based on the results of research conducted on cosmetic uses of some important plants by the tribal women in District Poonch, Azad Kashmir Pakistan. Materials and Methods: A...

Abstract. The Poiqu River basin is an area of concentration for glaciers and glacial lakes in the central Himalayas, where 147 were identified, based on perennial remote sensing images, with lake ranging from 0.0002 to 5.5 km2 – a total 19.89 km2. Since 2004, retreat rate glacier has reached as high 5.0 a−1, while growth 0.24 a−1. We take five typical our case study find that reaches 31.2 %, ex...

Herminium (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae) is a medium-sized genus widespread in the northern hemisphere, with a clear centre of diversity in the Himalayas. We present a comprehensive taxonomic revision of Herminium based on field observations and morphological studies, for which we examined about 2500 specimens. We recognize 49 species grouped into six formal sections, including one new species, He...

With meteorological data from high altitude surface stations and gridded dataset from NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis, a biennial oscillation over the Eastern Highland Himalayas from 1980 to 1998 is described. This variability concerns air temperature, precipitation, geopotential and wind speed. Evidence is given on the connections between local data and large-scale circulation patterns. The most remarkab...