Study of Snow Cover Dynamics of Pinder Watershed in Central Himalaya using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | Study of Snow Cover Dynamics of Pinder Watershed in Central Himalaya using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | N. C. Pant; Centre of Excellence for NRDMS in Uttarakhand, Department of Geography, Kumaun University, SSJ Campus, Almora, Uttarakhand, India |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Manish Kumar; Centre of Excellence for NRDMS in Uttarakhand, Department of Geography, Kumaun University, SSJ Campus, Almora, Uttarakhand, India |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | J. S. Rawat; Centre of Excellence for NRDMS in Uttarakhand, Department of Geography, Kumaun University, SSJ Campus, Almora, Uttarakhand, India |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | Neha Rani; Centre of Excellence for NRDMS in Uttarakhand, Department of Geography, Kumaun University, SSJ Campus, Almora, Uttarakhand, India |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | |
| 3. | Subject | Keyword(s) | NDVI; Snow Cover Dynamics; Pinder Watershed; Central Himalaya; RS/GIS Application |
| 4. | Description | Abstract | This paper is an attempt to examine the dynamics of snow cover using Normalized Difference Snow Index (NDSI) in Pinder Watershed, Central Himalaya, India. Landsat satellite imageries of three different time periods, i.e., Landsat TM of 1990, Landsat TM of 1999 and Landsat TM 2011 were used to quantify snow cover. The geographical distribution of snow cover reveals that in 1990 and 1999 about 9.40% (176.20 km2) and 8.60% (161.08 km2)area of the Pinder Watershed was under snow cover while in 2011 the snow cover was found 7.80% (147.50 km2).These data suggest that due to global warming about 28.7 km2 snow cover of Pinder Watershed has been converted into non-snow cover area at an average rate of 1.36 km²/year during the last two decades, i.e., in between 1990 to 2011. |
| 5. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | |
| 6. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | This paper constitutes a part of the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Government of Uttarakhand and NRDMS Division, DST, New Delhi research projects NRDMS/11/1817/011 |
| 7. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 2014-07-12 |
| 8. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
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| 9. | Format | File format | |
| 10. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | http://scientific.cloud-journals.com/index.php/IJAESE/article/view/Sci-194 |
| 11. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | International Journal of Advanced Earth Science and Engineering; Volume 3 (Year 2014) |
| 12. | Language | English=en | en |
| 14. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) | |
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