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Climate change over Leh (Ladakh), India

Chevuturi, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2815-7221, Dimri, A. P. and Thayyen, R. J. (2018) Climate change over Leh (Ladakh), India. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 131 (1-2). pp. 531-545. ISSN 1434-4483

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1007/s00704-016-1989-1

Abstract/Summary

Mountains over the world are considered as the indicators of climate change. The Himalayas are comprised of five ranges, viz., Pir Panjal, Great Himalayas, Zanskar, Ladhak, and Karakorum. The Ladakh region lies in the northernmost state of India, Jammu and Kashmir, in the Ladhak range. It has a unique cold-arid climate and lies immediately south of the Karakorum range. With scarce water resources, such regions show high sensitivity and vulnerability to the change in climate and need urgent attention. The objective of this study is to understand the climate of the Ladakh region and to characterize its changing climate. Using different temperature and precipitation datasets over Leh and surrounding regions, we statistically analyze the current trends of climatic patterns over the region. The study shows that the climate over Leh shows a warming trend with reduced precipitation in the current decade. The reduced average seasonal precipitation might also be associated with some indications of reducing number of days with higher precipitation amounts over the region.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > NCAS
ID Code:68084
Publisher:Springer

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