Projektnummer

0057869

Zusammenfassung

Meltwater from glaciers and seasonal snow cover substantially feeds Central Asian rivers. The riparian states use the water for economic activities such as irrigated agriculture and hydropower generation. Depending on the type and intensity of water use, the societies exhibit a varying vulnerability to changes in runoff availability and regimes. Against the background of global climate change, shrinkage of glaciers and changes in snow cover climatology have been observed in the Central Asian High Mountains over the past decades. The project aims at measuring and modelling the contribut...