AUTHOR=Vishwakarma Bramha Dutt , Ramsankaran RAAJ , Azam Mohd. Farooq , Bolch Tobias , Mandal Arindan , Srivastava Smriti , Kumar Pankaj , Sahu Rakesh , Navinkumar Perumal Jayaraman , Tanniru Srinivasa Rao , Javed Aaquib , Soheb Mohd , Dimri A. P. , Yadav Mohit , Devaraju Balaji , Chinnasamy Pennan , Reddy Manne Janga , Murugesan Geetha Priya , Arora Manohar , Jain Sharad K. , Ojha C. S. P. , Harrison Stephan , Bamber Jonathan TITLE=Challenges in Understanding the Variability of the Cryosphere in the Himalaya and Its Impact on Regional Water Resources JOURNAL=Frontiers in Water VOLUME=4 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/water/articles/10.3389/frwa.2022.909246 DOI=10.3389/frwa.2022.909246 ISSN=2624-9375 ABSTRACT=
The Himalaya plays a vital role in regulating the freshwater availability for nearly a billion people living in the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra River basins. Due to climate change and constantly evolving human-hydrosphere interactions, including land use/cover changes, groundwater extraction, reservoir or dam construction, water availability has undergone significant change, and is expected to change further in the future. Therefore, understanding the spatiotemporal evolution of the hydrological cycle over the Himalaya and its river basins has been one of the most critical exercises toward ensuring regional water security. However, due to the lack of extensive