176
eration. The precipitation does not show direct correlation, as there could be a time
lag, since major part of the precipitation is routed through the ground (Fig. 6). The
R
2
values from scatter plot between discharge and temperature and precipitation
respectively indicate very good coefficient of determination between discharge and
temperature whereas it is poor in case of discharge and precipitation (Fig. 7). The
poor correlation between discharge and precipitation can be attributed to the disFig. 5 Average daily discharge of Hamtah glacier in total observation period
Fig. 6 Variation of Hamtah glacier melt stream discharge with temperature and precipitation in
total observation period
S. P. Shukla et al.