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January 6, 2020
Sona and Meola Glacier Retreat Dhauliganga Basin, India
Sona Glacier (SG) and Meola Glacier (MG) in 1993 and 2019 Landsat images. Red arrow indicates 1993 terminus location of Sona Glacier and Yellow arrow the 2019 terminus location. The orange arrow marks the 1993 downglacier limit of clean ice, below is debris covered ice. Point A marks a small expanding rock outcrop amidst glacier. Point B marks north lateral moraine exposure of Meola Glacier. The Dhauliganga River is in …
March 30, 2014
Khatling Glacier Retreat, Uttarakhand, India
Khatling Bamak (Glacier) is the headwaters of the Bhilangana River in Uttarakhand, India. The Bhilangana River flows into the Tehri Reservoir(2400 MW), that along with the Bhilangana River’s three small hydropower projects (50 MW), make these glaciers key contributors to regional hydropower. The glacier was formerly joined with the Ratangrian Glacier as indicated by the map, but the two have separated with the Ratangrian Glacier now terminating 1.7 km upvalley …
March 24, 2014
Ratangrian Glacier Retreat, Uttarakhand, India
Ratangrian Glacier is adjacent to Khatling Glacier and with that glacier is at the headwaters of the Bhilangana River. The Bhilangana River flows into the Tehri Reservoir(2400 MW), that along with the Bhilangana River’s three small hydropower projects (50 MW), make these glaciers key contributors to regional hydropower. In the 1998 Landsat image the glacier terminus is at the red arrow, which is at 4150 m and downhill of the …
June 27, 2013
Jaundhar Bamak Glacier tributary retreat, Tons River, Uttarakhand, India
The Tons River is in Uttarakhand India. The watershed is fed by more than 50 glaciers. The largest are Jaundhar Barak and Bandarpunch, the glaciers of Tons valley are notable for a thick mantle of debris cover, due to the terrain characteristics, and the avalanche fed nature of the glaciers (Pankaj et al, 2012). The Tons River Basin has one significant operational hydropower unit, the Mori Hanol Hydro Power Project …
June 22, 2013
Jaonli Glacier Thinning and Retreat, Uttarakhand India
Jaonli Glacier is in the Pilang basin which feeds the Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand. The glacier is 20 km west of the well known Gangotri Glacier and 30 km east of Jaundhar Barak. The glacier is one valley north of the well studied Dokriani Glacier. Jaonli has a heavily debris covered terminus which slows the retreat of the actual terminus, while upglacier thinning has been quite rapid. Here we examine …
January 20, 2010
Gangotri Glacier Retreat Continues 2013 and Hydropower
In India the Gangotri Glacier is the largest glacier at the headwaters of the Bhagirathi River. The false-color image below provided by NASA shows the retreat of Gangotri Glacier, situated in the Uttarkashi District of Garhwal Himalaya. It is one of the larger glaciers in the Himalaya, and like all of the nearby Himalayan glaciers is retreating significantly. The Bharigrathi River has the Tehri Dam, a 2400 mw hydropower facility. …
Dean of Academic Affairs at Nichols College and Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts since 1989. Glaciologist directing the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America.