Remote Sensing-Based Assessment of the Variability of Winter and Summer Precipitation in the Pamirs and Their Effects on Hydrology and Hazards Using Harmonic Time Series Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Data
Country | Event Type | Date | People Affected |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | |||
AF | Storm | January 2005 | 22,656 |
AF | Flood | 05 March 2005 | 11003 |
AF | Flood | 16 June 2005 | 5040 |
PK | Flood | 09 February 2005 | 7,000,450 |
PK | Flood | 21 June 2005 | 460,073 |
PK | Flood | 05 July 2005 | 58,020 |
PK | Flood | 02 March 2005 | 5000 |
PK | Flood | 20 March 2005 | 3500 |
TJ | Flood | 08 June 2005 | 3222 |
TJ | Mass movement wet | 03 February 2005 | 1953 |
TJ | Flood | 23 July 2005 | 1890 |
KY | Flood | 10 June 2005 | 2050 |
UZ | Flood | 24 February 2005 | 1500 |
2008 | |||
AF | Drought | October 2008 | 280,000 |
AF | Flood | August 2008 | 1180 |
PK | Flood | 02 August 2008 | 200,012 |
PK | Flood | 09 August 2008 | 90,752 |
TJ | Drought | October 2008 | 800,000 |
2010 | |||
AF | Flood | 05 May 2010 | 40,000 |
AF | Flood | 27 July 2010 | 5000 |
PK | Flood | 28 July 2010 | 20,359,496 |
PK | Mass Movement Wet | 04 January 2010 | 26,700 |
PK | Storm | 06 June 2010 | 4000 |
PK | Flood | 21 July 2010 | 4000 |
PK | Mass Movement Wet | 18 February 2010 | 3705 |
TJ | Flood | 06 May 2010 | 6708 |
TJ | Flood | 11 April 2010 | 1914 |
KY | Mass Movement Wet | 03 June 2010 | 8350 |
4. Methods
4.1. HANTS
5. Results
5.1. Mean Patterns and Inter-Annual Variability
5.2. Individual Years
5.3. Spatial Correlation of Winter and Summer Precipitation
6. Discussion
6.1. HANTS Precipitation and Interplay of Atmospheric Circulations
6.2. Inter-Annual Weather Variability
6.3. Impacts on Glacier Evolution
6.4. Impacts on Hazards
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Pohl, E.; Gloaguen, R.; Seiler, R. Remote Sensing-Based Assessment of the Variability of Winter and Summer Precipitation in the Pamirs and Their Effects on Hydrology and Hazards Using Harmonic Time Series Analysis. Remote Sens. 2015, 7, 9727-9752. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs70809727
Pohl E, Gloaguen R, Seiler R. Remote Sensing-Based Assessment of the Variability of Winter and Summer Precipitation in the Pamirs and Their Effects on Hydrology and Hazards Using Harmonic Time Series Analysis. Remote Sensing. 2015; 7(8):9727-9752. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs70809727
Chicago/Turabian StylePohl, Eric, Richard Gloaguen, and Ralf Seiler. 2015. "Remote Sensing-Based Assessment of the Variability of Winter and Summer Precipitation in the Pamirs and Their Effects on Hydrology and Hazards Using Harmonic Time Series Analysis" Remote Sensing 7, no. 8: 9727-9752. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs70809727