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HMA  

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  • High mountain Asia stretches from the Tien Shan and Hindu Kush in the northwest, to the eastern Himalaya in the southeast. The region contains one of the highest concentrations of snow and glaciers outside of the polar regions, and the advance or retreat of glaciers in this part of the world provides a window into Earth's changing climate. In addition, this high-altitude reservoir of ice provides water to more than a billion people. Rapid melt in this region can pose downstream hazards such as glacial lake outburst floods and landslides. Satellite remote sensing enables scientists to monitor the cryosphere in high mountain Asia, to better understand Earth system processes, and inform policymaking. These data products will be based on satellite observations, modeling results, and in situ measurements. (en)

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  • 2018-11-26 09:13:07.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (HMA [3aef041a-7fe2-4d61-9dee-2e2a29535653,368273] - G - I [af0968ce-ffe3-44a0-86de-2ec9b9a8fa5d,351587]);
  • 2018-11-26 09:13:55.0 [tstevens] insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: High Mountain Asia language code: en);
  • 2018-11-27 07:35:05.0 [tstevens] insert Definition (id: null text: High mountain Asia stretches from the Tien Shan and Hindu Kush in the northwest, to the eastern Himalaya in the southeast. The region contains one of the highest concentrations of snow and glaciers outside of the polar regions, and the advance or retreat of glaciers in this part of the world provides a window into Earth's changing climate. In addition, this high-altitude reservoir of ice provides water to more than a billion people. Rapid melt in this region can pose downstream hazards such as glacial lake outburst floods and landslides. Satellite remote sensing enables scientists to monitor the cryosphere in high mountain Asia, to better understand Earth system processes, and inform policymaking. These data products will be based on satellite observations, modeling results, and in situ measurements. language code: en);
  • 2018-11-30 13:53:42.0 [tstevens] delete AltLabel (null); insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: High Mountain Asia language code: en);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/3aef041a-7fe2-4d61-9dee-2e2a29535653

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