Monday, May 25, 2009

PROJECT HIGHNOON

- A Project by EU to assess the impact of retreat of himalayan glaciers and possible changes of monsoon on distribution of water resources in north India.

- A project involving research insti. from netherlands,Britain,swiss & India.TERI, IIT DELHI & Kharagpur to participate

- aim is to integrate available climate data,hydrological data and state of art regional models. also link results of estimation and applicable adaptive measures.

- develop scenarios for snow melt and monsoon patterns and various simulation models.

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