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				<publisherLoc>Malaysia,China,Pakistan,UAE</publisherLoc>
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			<doi origin="razipublishing" registered="yes">10.26480/esp.02.2025.44.47</doi>
			
			<issn type="online"> 2521-2907</issn>
			<issn type="print">2521-2893</issn>
			
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				<title type="subject" xml:lang="en" sort="Earth Sciences Pakistan">Earth Sciences Pakistan</title>
				<title type="title">GLACIER–RAINFALL FEEDBACKS AND HYDROCLIMATIC MODELING CHALLENGES IN THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS: A REVIEW HOW GLACIERS AND RAINFALL ARE CONNECTED IN THE HIMALAYAS</title>
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			<copyright ownership="publisher">Copyright © 2025 Zibeline International Publishing</copyright>
		
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				<event type="publication_date" date="28-08-2025"/>
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						<editorNames>Nasir Ilyas</editorNames>
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						<editorNames>S. Zeeshan Abbas</editorNames>
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						<editorNames>Muhammad Faisal Riaz</editorNames>
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		    <keyword>Himalayas, Glacier-climate feedback, Rainfall variability, Hydroclimate, Glacio-hydrological modeling, Western Himalaya, Monsoon–westerly interaction</keyword>
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	       <volume>9</volume>
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	        <issue>1</issue>
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	      <pages>44-47</pages>
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					<p>The hydroclimate of the Western Himalayas is governed by a complex interplay between cryospheric dynamics, atmospheric circulation, and seasonal precipitation regimes. This short review synthesizes recent insights from observational, mechanistic, and modeling perspectives to explore how Himalayan glaciers modulate regional rainfall variability. (Salerno et al. 2023) highlighted the localized cooling and drying effects induced by glacial processes under global warming, while (Ali et al. 2018) documented conflicting wet and dry trends in monsoonal and winter rainfall over Punjab, Pakistan—suggesting a seasonally asymmetric response to large-scale forcings. Complementing these findings, (Wang et al. 2024) reviewed the modeling challenges in representing glacio-hydrological interactions across the complex terrain of the Tibetan Plateau and adjoining Himalayan ranges. Together, these studies underscore the need for integrated frameworks that account for glacier–atmosphere coupling and its feedback on precipitation patterns under future climate scenarios.</p>
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