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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Seasonal snowmelt in High Mountain Asia is an important source of river discharge.
    Therefore, observation of the spatiotemporal variations in snow cover at catchment
    scales using high-resolution satellites is essential for understanding changes
    in water supply from headwater catchments. In this study, we adapt an algorithm
    to automatically detect the snowline altitude (SLA) using the Google Earth Engine
    platform with available high-resolution multispectral satellite archives that
    can be readily applied for areas of interest. Here, we applied and evaluated the
    tool to five glacierized watersheds across the Himalayas to quantify the changes
    in seasonal and annual snow cover over the past 21 years and analyze climate reanalysis
    data to assess the meteorological factors influencing the SLA. Our findings revealed
    substantial variations in the SLA among sites in terms of seasonal patterns, decadal
    trends, and meteorological controls. We identify positive trends in SLA in Hidden
    Valley (+11.9 m yr−1), Langtang (+14.4 m yr−1), and Rolwaling (+8.2 m yr−1) in
    the Nepalese Himalayas but a negative trend in Satopanth (−15.6 m yr−1) in the
    western Indian Himalayas and no significant trend in Parlung in southeastern Tibet.
    We suggest that the increase in SLA in Nepal was caused by warmer temperatures
    during the monsoon season, whereas the decrease in SLA in India was driven by
    increased winter snowfall and reduced monsoon snowmelt. By integrating the outcomes
    of these analyses, we found that long-term changes in SLA are primarily driven
    by shifts in the local climate, whereas seasonal variability may be influenced
    by geographic features in conjunction with climate.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Orie
      foaf_name: Sasaki, Orie
      foaf_surname: Sasaki
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Evan S.
      foaf_name: Miles, Evan S.
      foaf_surname: Miles
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Francesca
      foaf_name: Pellicciotti, Francesca
      foaf_surname: Pellicciotti
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=b28f055a-81ea-11ed-b70c-a9fe7f7b0e70
    orcid: 0000-0002-5554-8087
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Akiko
      foaf_name: Sakai, Akiko
      foaf_surname: Sakai
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Koji
      foaf_name: Fujita, Koji
      foaf_surname: Fujita
  bibo_doi: 10.5194/tc-19-5283-2025
  bibo_issue: '11'
  bibo_volume: 19
  dct_date: 2025^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1994-0424
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Copernicus Publications@
  dct_title: Contrasting patterns of change in snowline altitude across five Himalayan
    catchments@
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