Kumar, RajeshSingh, ShrutiSingh, AtarKumar, RameshSingh, ShaktimanRandhawa, Surjeet Singh2021-07-062021-07-062021-06-16Kumar, R, Singh, S, Singh, A, Kumar, R, Singh, S & Randhawa, S S 2021, 'Surface mass balance analysis at Naradu Glacier, Western Himalaya, India', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 12710. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91348-32045-2322ORCID: /0000-0003-4304-388X/work/96652452https://hdl.handle.net/2164/16790Funding Information: The authors would like to acknowledge the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, for research grants (Ref. No. SR/DGH/HP-1/2009 and SB/DGH-92/2014). We acknowledge the facility of the DST-FIST supported GIS Laboratory of the Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Rajasthan, India, where the maps are prepared on geographical information system (ArcGIS 10.1; version 10.1 and authorization number: EFL691568009-1010). The freely available data on India shapefile (http://www.diva-gis.org/ gdata), Digital Elevation Model (DEM) at NASA Earth Data (https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/) and satellite images acquired from USGS (https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/) is thankfully acknowledged. The mass balance data of other parts of Himalaya has been compared, and we thankfully acknowledge the contribution of authors who made it available through their publications. The authors are grateful to the editors and reviewers for their comments/suggestions that helped us to improve the earlier version of the manuscript. The valuable input in the manuscript’s language by Dr. Richard Armstrong, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Colorado, is thankfully acknowledged. The authors acknowledge the local mountain people (Chitkul, District Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh) and porters from Nepal for helping with the glacier fieldwork. We also thank the International Trans Himalayan agency for providing the necessary logistics during the fieldwork.123140916engSDG 13 - Climate Actionhydrologyclimate changeCryospheric scienceG Geography (General)GeneralG1Journal article10.1038/s41598-021-91348-3http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108168629&partnerID=8YFLogxK111