Assessment of snowmelt runoff modelling and isotope analysis: a case study from the western Himalaya, India

被引：40

作者：

Ahluwalia, Rajeev Saran ^{[1
]}

Rai, S. P. ^{[1
]}

Jain, Sanjay K. ^{[1
]}

Kumar, Bhishm ^{[2
]}

Dobhal, D. P. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Natl Inst Hydrol, Roorkee, Uttar Pradesh, India

[2] IAEA, A-1400 Vienna, Austria

[3] Wadia Inst Himalayan Geol, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India

来源：

ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY | 2013年 / 54卷 / 62期

关键词：

GLACIER; RIVER; RETREAT;

D O I：

10.3189/2013AoG62A133

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

The major river systems of India, i.e. the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra river systems originating in the Himalayan region, are considered the lifeline of the Indian subcontinent. The main sources maintaining the flow of the Himalayan rivers are snow/glacial melt runoff, rainfall runoff and base flow. The Beas River originates from Beas Kund Glacier in the Himalayan region and flows down to join the Sutlej River, which is a tributary of the Indus River system. In the present study two approaches, namely hydrologic modelling and isotope analysis, have been applied to estimate the contribution of snow and glacier melt. Samples of streamflow, rainfall and snow for isotopic analysis were collected daily from April to September and weekly from October to March during 2010 and 2011. The isotope analysis of samples reveals that the snow/glacier melt contribution to the Beas River at Manali is 50% of the total flow during these 2 years. Snowmelt runoff modelling has been carried out using the SNOWMOD model, and the snow/glacier melt runoff contribution is calculated to be 52% of the total flow during the same period. These findings indicate that the results obtained from the two approaches are similar.

引用

页码：299 / 304

页数：6

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