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In this study, we assessed the glacier stored water (1,620 ± 340 Gt) using a combination of ice dynamics modelling and volume–area scaling method and estimated glacier mass loss (6.4%) from 2001 to 2013 for the Indus River basin. Results indicate that the impact of climate change is not uniform across the basin, especially the stark difference between the Western Himalayan region where the glaciers are losing mass at the rate of –0.56 ± 0.27 m.w.e. per annum and the Upper Indus where the loss is at –0.18 ± 0.11 m.w.e. per annum.

Keywords

Climate Change, Glacier Stored Water, Improved Accumulation Area Ratio, Mass Balance, River Basin.
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