The Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) is a region of rich cultural, aesthetic, biological, and geo-hydrological value. Some of the tallest peaks in the world are found here. Researchers and scientists have measured around 60,000 km2 of glaciers and 760,000 km2 of snow cover in the HKH, making it a massive store of freshwater.
READ MOREICIMOD has collaborated with partners to build capacity and establish glacier mass balance programmes in the HKH since 2011. The Universities of Fribourg and Zurich, Switzerland, maintain multiple monitoring programmes in the Alps. As a core competence, they have built capacity in Switzerland, and internationally with partners in India and several countries in the Andean and Central Asian region.
READ MOREThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) will be joining one of its knowledge partners, Kathmandu University (KU), in a joint field expedition to the Ponkar Glacier in Manang, Nepal. Ponkar Glacier is a debris cover glacier located in Marsyangdi sub-basin of the Gandaki River basin.
READ MOREThe field activity is a part of the Cryosphere Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), funded by the Government of Norway.
READ MOREThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) will be joining the Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security (IRES), Yunnan University and Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC) in Pakistan on a joint field expedition to the glaciers of the Himalaya-Karakoram Mountains in Pakistan.
READ MOREThe training will be a mix of lectures and hands-on exercises on understanding the Phochu River Basin, Bhutan and is a part of a capacity-building effort under the Cryosphere Monitoring Programme-Bhutan (CMP-B) project.
READ MOREA team from the Cryosphere Initiative at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) will head to the Langtang valley and the Yala glacier for a spring field expedition. The expedition is part of a long-term field data collection project carried out in collaboration with Utrecht University, the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology Nepal at Kathmandu University, and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate.
READ MOREThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is co-organizing an upcoming conference, “State of the Cryosphere in the Himalaya: Focus on Sikkim and the Eastern Himalaya—Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities”, set to be held in Gangtok, Sikkim, India.
READ MOREA team of researchers from ICIMOD, Utrecht University, the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Norway, and the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology (DHM), Nepal are on their way to Langtang Valley, Nepal for Hydrometeorology and Snow Accumulation and Melt Process (SnowAMP) Fieldwork.
READ MOREA research team from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and the Kathmandu University will be heading to Rikha Samba Glacier in Lower Mustang, Nepal to carry out annual data collection activities.
READ MOREThe annual cryosphere research expedition to Thana Glacier in Bhutan will be carried out from 27 August–26 September 2017. An expert from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) will join a team from the National Centre for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM)—formerly the Department of Hydro-Met Services.
READ MOREThe workshop will focus on existing capabilities to model and assess these changes, mitigation and adaptability strategies in a rapidly changing cryosphere, eco-social sustainability, and the role of the cryosphere in the earth’s future.
READ MOREICIMOD and partners from the Cryosphere Monitoring Programme, Kathmandu University, will conduct an expedition to Rikha Samba Glacier in the Hidden Valley, Lower Mustang, Nepal, as a part of the Cryosphere Initiative funded by the Government of Norway.
READ MOREICIMOD and partners of the Cryosphere Monitoring Programme will conduct an expedition to Yala Glacier in the Langtang Valley, Rasuwa, Nepal, as part of the Cryosphere Initiative funded by the Government of Norway.
READ MOREResearchers from ICIMOD’s Cryosphere Initiative, the University of Utrecht and Kathmandu University are conducting a research expedition to Langtang valley from 16 April to 4 May. The researchers will visit several sites to maintain automatic weather and hydrological stations, and conduct discharge measurements.
READ MOREThe training is a regular annual activity conducted under the Cryosphere Monitoring Programme (CMP) of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). It aims to build the capacities of national partners on the use of Remote Sensing (RS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for glacier mapping and monitoring.
READ MOREThis side event is open to public and will bring together policy makers and researchers for a science and policy dialogue on regional collaborations in the Artic and the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH)
READ MOREICIMOD and partners carry out an expedition to Yala Glacier in the Langtang Valley, Nepal, as part of the Cryosphere Monitoring Programme, which is part of the Cryosphere Monitoring Programme and is funded by the Norwegian government .
READ MOREThis training covers theoretical glacier mass balance monitoring which is part of the Cryosphere Monitoring Programme and is funded by the Norwegian government .
READ MOREThe University of Zurich and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF), Kathmandu University, and Tribhuvan University conducted a training at Kathmandu University to introduce permafrost and related natural hazards, and to teach methods of modelling and monitoring high mountain environments to a group of 25 participants.
READ MOREThe six expedition team members carried out annual glacier mass balance measurements, measured snow density, downloaded data and maintained the hydrological station.
READ MOREFieldwork on glaciers is an integral part of the Cryosphere Initiative at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). Researchers from the centre and partners in Bhutan and Nepal will once again head to the glaciers to carry out annual glacier mass balance measurements, routine maintenance on automatic weather stations, download data, and other glacier monitoring activities on benchmark glaciers.
READ MOREIn many parts of the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, people live near permafrost or in areas potentially affected by changes in permafrost. Permafrost is ground material (rock or soil) at or below 0 degrees C for two or more years. The surface layer thaws during the warm season and is called an ‘active layer’. Rock glaciers are also classified as permafrost features and there are many in the Himalayan region.
READ MOREResearchers from the Cryosphere Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) leave for Langtang Valley and Yala Glacier this spring for routine maintenance of meteorological stations, data collection, and mass balance measurements in selected research areas. Langtang Valley is a core research area for ICIMOD.
READ MORECryosphere researchers from ICIMOD will join a team of scientists from institutes in Nepal and Europe for an extensive field campaign to Ngozumpa glacier in the Khumbu region of Nepal in the months of March and April 2016. The team will conduct geophysical surveys on the debris covered glacier making ground penetrating radar measurements of the ice and debris thicknesses.
READ MOREAlpine eco-systems are sensitive to global temperature rise and have been a focus of climate change research. As resources of fresh water, the cryosphere as a whole, and glaciers in particular, have drawn much interest from the scientific community.
READ MOREGlacier hydrologists, glaciologists and other experts working in related fields at ICIMOD and its partner institutes work regularly at high altitudes (between 4,000 to 6,000 meters) to collect data on glacier mass balance, snow, weather and hydrological conditions in the region.
READ MOREBig data. Small data. Spatial data. Socio-economic data. Time-series data. Data in the cloud. Data on the ground. No matter what data you collect or what field you work in, if you have data it will require analysis. This four-day training will introduce you to the open access software R, a powerful data analysis tool.
READ MOREThe climate, cryosphere and hydrology of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region have been changing in the past and will change in the future. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal. The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished...
READ MOREIndus Initiative in collaboration with Future Water is organising its second regional training on ‘Spatial Process on Hydrology (SPHY) model’ from 14 to 18 December 2015. SPHY model is developed using the best available components of existing models resulting in a simulation model...
READ MOREFrom 18 November to 03 December 2015, ICIMOD and partners will carry out an expedition to Yala Glacier in the Langtang Valley, Nepal. The expedition is part of the Cryosphere Monitoring Programme, funded by the Government of Norway...
READ MOREThe International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is implementing the project ‘Monitoring and assessment of changes in glaciers, snow and glacio-hydrology in the Hindu Kush Himalayas with a special focus on strengthening the capacity of Nepalese organizations' (the HKH Cryosphere Monitoring Programme) in collaboration with partners...
READ MOREBased on the observations of a rapid field visit in June, a team of scientists from ICIMOD will make its way into Langtang Valley 14 – 30 October 2015 to repair benchmark stations damaged by the Nepal Earthquake and subsequent avalanches...
READ MOREICIMOD and the partners of the Cryosphere Monitoring Programme will conduct an expedition to Rikha Samba Glacier in the Hidden Valley, Lower Mustang, Nepal, as part of the Cryosphere Initiative, funded by the Government of Norway...
READ MOREThis workshop aims to explore the uses of UAVs in glacier research and other possible applications related to (but not limited to) natural hazards and risks (landslide mapping, GLOF risk assessments), urban planning, road construction, animal tracking, and forestry monitoring.
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