HIMALA: Climate Impacts on Glaciers in the Himalaya Region
HIMALA is a NASA project that will provide water resources management information on Himalyan glacier fed rivers in Asia using NASA’s satellite remote sensing, as well as projections of climate change impacts on water resources. OK?
HMGWP: High Mountain Glacial Watershed Program
HMGWP [http://adaptationpartnership.org/communities/high-mountain-glacial-watershed-program] is a Community of Practice (CoP) to improve exchange information, to and mobilize resources for applied research and multistakeholder-based action projects in the high mountains between researchers, practitioners, and planners in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya, Andes, Central Asian, and other high mountain regions.
GLIMS: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space
More than sixty institutions world-wide are working with the GLIMS project (Global Land Ice Measurements from Space) [http://nsidc.org/glims/] to build a glacier inventory storing critical information about the extent and rates of change of the world’s estimated 160,000 glaciers. CHARIS will use glacier outlines from GLIMS, along with other sources, to validated glacier maps from MODIS.
NRC: National Research Council [http://nationalacademies.org/nrc/]
NRC works for better government decision making and public policy with the aid of independent, expert reports and scientific activities. [specific CHARIS connection?]
DfID: Department for International Development [www.dfid.gov.uk/]
With a mission similar to that of USAID, the UK’s Department for International Development fights global poverty and delivers aid around the world. [specific CHARIS connection?]
UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme [http://www.unep.org/]
CHARIS contributes to UNEPs freshwater thematic area, where work to promote sustainable water resources management practices through collaborative approaches at the national, regional and global levels is focused.
HiCCDRC: Himalayan Cryosphere, Climate and Disaster Research Center
{ICIMOD project [my notes say its a Rijan project, Richard will get the name. Is it Himalayan Cryosphere, Climate and Disaster Research Center (HiCCDRC)?}
