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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-627-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-627-2023
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01 Feb 2023
Research article |  | 01 Feb 2023

Climate sensitivity of the summer runoff of two glacierised Himalayan catchments with contrasting climate

Sourav Laha, Argha Banerjee, Ajit Singh, Parmanand Sharma, and Meloth Thamban

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A model study of two Himalayan catchments reveals that the summer runoff from the glacierized parts of the catchments responds strongly to temperature forcing and is insensitive to precipitation forcing. The runoff from the non-glacierized parts has the exact opposite behaviour. The interannual variability and decadal changes of runoff under a warming climate is determined by the response of glaciers to temperature forcing and that of off-glacier areas to precipitation perturbations.