Background The Cryosphere Monitoring Programme Bhutan (CMP–B) carries out annual field monitoring on the benchmark Thana glacier, collects and analysis data from automatic weather stations and hydrological monitoring stations in selected research sites downstream. CMP–B also monitors glacial lakes and assesses socio-economic vulnerability in the Punatsang Chu basin. It produces remote sensing data, analyses, and inventories on the cryosphere for the entire Bhutan Himalaya. The programme is funded by the Government of Norway and implemented by the National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology (NCHM) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
