Why the Sign of Snowfall Change Over the Karakoram and Eastern Himalaya Differ

The Himalaya Region has been highlighted in the literature as a region of unique and pronounced hydroclimate change. Due to the paucity of monitoring systems in this harsh and remote environment, there are limited tools available to explore the meteorological mechanism controlling the differences in regional snowfall variability. We use a set of high resolution climate model experiments to show that the Greater Himalayas exhibit regions with distinct climate change signatures. These results provide compelling evidence that Karakoram and Eastern Himalayan mountain ranges should be treated as unique systems with different climatic responses to radiative forcing.