The cryosphere, in high altitude area, plays a major role in the earth’s system through its impact on the surface energy budget, sea level change, water cycle, primary productivity, and surface gas exchange and is thus a fundamental control on physical, biological, and social environment over substantial areas of the earth’s surface. Knowledge and understanding of all the components of the cryosphere have substantially improved our understanding of the specific processes and their impact on climate, hydrology, and economy.

We invite investigators to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to improve the technology of hydrometeorological observation by different means in high altitude area, the water-heat process in glaciers, snow, or permafrost, the understanding on water cycle in high altitude area, the climate change in high altitude area, the impact of climate change on hydrological process, and water resource in high altitude areas.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Recent developments in in situ hydrometeorological observation technology
• Advances in hydrometeorological observation from remote sensing data
• Runoff components separation by isotope and water chemistry
• Simulation on hydrological process in high altitude areas
• Climate change on high altitude areas
• Impact of climate change on hydrological process in high altitude areas