Alton Byers
Dr. Alton Byers
Senior Research Associate
Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
University of Colorado at Boulder
406 Westridge Drive
Elkins, West Virginia 26241
United States of America
Phone: (304) 636-6980
E-mail:
alton.byers(at)colorado.eduURL Institution:
https://instaar.colorado.edu/people/alton-c-byers/
Key Publications of Alton Byers (up to ten) :
Byers, A.C., Byers, E., Shrestha, M., Thapa, D., and Sharma, B. (forthcoming). Impacts of yartsa gunbu harvesting on alpine ecosystems in the Barun valley, Makalu-Barun National Park, Nepal. Forthcoming in Himalaya: Journal of the Association for Nepal and Asian Studies.
Byers, A. C., Rounce, D. R., Shugar, D. H., Lala, J. M., Byers, E. A., and D. J. Regmi. 2018. A rockfall-induced glacial lake outburst flood, upper Barun valley, Nepal. Landslides online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-018-1079-9
Byers, A.C., Byers, E., McKinney, D., and Rounce, D. 2017. A field-based study of impacts of the 2015 earthquake on potentially dangerous glacial lakes in Nepal. Himalaya, Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Vol. 37: No. 2, Article 7. Available at: http://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol37/iss2/7
Byers, A.C. 2017. Khumbu Since 1950: Cultural, Climate, and Landscape Change in the Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) National Park, Nepal. Kathmandu: ECS Press.
Byers, A.C. 2017. A Qualitative Assessment of Contemporary Glacier Loss in the
Cordillera Blanca, Peru, Using Repeat Photography. Revista de Glaciares y Ecosistemas de Montaña 2 (2017): 31-40.
Rounce, D., Byers, A. C., Byers, E. A., and McKinney, D. C.: Brief Communications: Observations of a Glacier Outburst Flood from Lhotse Glacier, Everest Area, Nepal, The Cryosphere Discuss., doi:10.5194/tc-2016-239, http://www.the-cryosphere.net/11/443/2017/, 2017.
Garrard, R., Kohler, T., Price, M., Byers, A., Sherpa, A.R., and Maharjan, G. 2016. Land Use and Land Cover Change in Sagarmatha National Park, a World Heritage Site in the Himalayas of Eastern Nepal. Mountain Research and Development 36(3):299-310. 2016. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-15-00005.
Rounce, D. R., D. C. McKinney, J. M. Lala, A. C. Byers, C. S. Watson: A New Remote Hazard and Risk Assessment Framework for Glacial Lakes in the Nepal Himalaya, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 3455–3475, 2016. doi:10.5194/hess-20-3455-2016
Watanabe, T., A. C. Byers, M, A. Somos-Valenzuela and D. C. McKinney 2016. The Need for Community Involvement in Glacial lake Field Research: The Case of Imja Glacial Lake, Khumbu, Nepal Himalaya, Chapter 13 in Singh, R. B., Schickhoff, U., and Mal, S. (eds.): Climate Change, Glacier Response, and Vegetation Dynamics in the Himalaya: Contributions Toward Future Earth Initiatives, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 235-250, 2016, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28977-9_13
Byers, A.C. 2016. Alpine Habitat Conservation and Restoration in Tropical and Sub-tropical High Mountains. In: Allison, S. and Murphy, S. (eds.). Routledge Handbook of Ecological and Environmental Restoration. London: Routledge. Book chapter. Forthcoming.
Kargel, J.S., G.J. Leonard, D.H. Shugar, U.K. Haritashya, A. Bevington, E.J. Fielding, K. Fujita, M. Geertsema, E.S. Miles, J. Steiner; and E. Anderson, S. Bajracharya, G.W. Bawden, D.F. Breashears, A. Byers, B. Collins, M.R. Dhital, A. Donnellan, T.L. Evans, M.L. Geai, M.T. Glasscoe, D. Green, D.R. Gurung, R. Heijenk, A. Hilborn, K. Hudnut, C. Huyck, W.W. Immerzeel, JIANG Liming, R. Jibson, A. Kääb, N.R. Khanal, D. Kirschbaum, P.D.A. Kraaijenbrink, D. Lamsal, LIU Shiyin, LV Mingyang, D. McKinney, N. K. Nahirnick, NAN Zhuotong, S. Ojha, J. Olsenholler, T.H. Painter, M. Pleasants, Pratima KC, QI Yuan, B.H. Raup, D. Regmi, D.R. Rounce, A. Sakai, SHANGGUAN Donghui, J.M. Shea, A.B. Shrestha, A. Shukla, D. Stumm, M. van der Kooij, K. Voss, WANG Xin, B. Weihs, D. Wolfe, WU Lizong, YAO Xiaojun, M.R. Yoder, and N. Young, 2015, Geomorphic, Tectonic, and Geologic Controls of Geohazards Induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.aac8353.
Byers, A. C., McKinney, D. C., Byers, E. A., Post-Earthquake Assessment of Imja, Tsho Rolpa, and Thulagi Glacial Lakes in Nepal. Technical Report, United States Agency for International Development, Global Climate Change Office, Climate Change Resilient Development Project, Washington, DC, August, 2015, report.
Expertise of Alton Byers:
| Expertise Category | Specific Expertise |
|---|
| Expert Type | Research Interface / Management |
| Topic Atmosphere | Global Warming |
| Topic Hydrosphere | Fresh Water Systems / Rivers / Lakes |
| Topic Cryosphere | Glaciers |
| Topic Pedosphere | Soil Formation |
| Topic Lithosphere | Sediments: Formation, Dynamics, Metamorphism |
| Topic Biosphere | Biodiversity |
| Topic Ecosystems | Terrestrial Ecosystems |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Tourism |
| Topic Technology | Recycling |
| Topic Politics/Law | Adaptation |
| Topic Society | Perception / Behaviour / Attitudes |
| Topic Health | Pollution Effects / Water Quality |
| Topic Sustainability | Ecological Sustainability |
| Time Frame | Recent / Today |
| Statistical Focus | Extreme Events |
| Time Scale | Decadal / Centennial |
| Methods | Data Collection - Measurement |
| Mountain Research Initiative | Process studies along altitudinal gradients and in associated headwater basins |
| Africa |
| North America |
| Latin America |
| Central Asia |
| Hindu Kush Himalayas |
Last update: 3/1/19
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
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