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Warming Has Accelerated the Melting of Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, but the Debris-Covered Glaciers Are Rapidly Expanding

Remote Sensing, 2022
Glacier changes on the Tibetan Plateau are of great importance for regional climate and hydrology and even global ecological changes. It is urgent to understand the effect of climate warming on both clean and debris-covered glaciers on the Tibetan ...
Mingcheng Hu, Guangsheng Zhou, Xiaomin Lv, Li Zhou, Xiaoliang Wang, Xiaohui He, Zhihui Tian   +6 more
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Debris Emergence Elevations and Glacier Change

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021
Debris-covered glaciers represent potentially significant stores of freshwater in river basins throughout High Mountain Asia (HMA). Direct glacier mass balance measurements are extremely difficult to maintain on debris-covered glaciers, and optical ...
Joseph M. Shea, Philip D. A. Kraaijenbrink, Walter W. Immerzeel, Fanny Brun   +3 more
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Field-based research directions for investigating the interior of high-elevation debris-covered glaciers

Annals of Glaciology, 2022
The debris that covers the ablation areas of high-elevation debris-covered glaciers contributes to the distinctive features and processes occurring both on and within such glaciers.
Katie E. Miles, Bryn Hubbard, Evan S. Miles, Duncan J. Quincey, Ann V. Rowan   +4 more
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Southwest-facing slopes control the formation of debris-covered glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya [PDF]

The Cryosphere, 2013
To understand the formation conditions of debris-covered glaciers, we examined the dimension and shape of debris-covered areas and potential debris-supply (PDS) slopes of 213 glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya.
H. Nagai, K. Fujita, T. Nuimura, A. Sakai   +3 more
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The Challenge of Non-Stationary Feedbacks in Modeling the Response of Debris-Covered Glaciers to Climate Forcing

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021
Ongoing changes in mountain glaciers affect local water resources, hazard potential and global sea level. An increasing proportion of remaining mountain glaciers are affected by the presence of a surface cover of rock debris, and the response of these ...
Lindsey Nicholson, Anna Wirbel, Christoph Mayer, Astrid Lambrecht   +3 more
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Meteorological impacts of a novel debris‐covered glacier category in a regional climate model across a Himalayan catchment

Atmospheric Science Letters, 2021
Many of the glaciers in the Nepalese Himalaya are partially covered in a layer of loose rock known as debris cover. In the Dudh Koshi River Basin, Nepal, approximately 25% of glaciers are debris‐covered.
Emily R. Potter, Andrew Orr, Ian C. Willis, Daniel Bannister, Patrick Wagnon   +4 more
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Delineation Evaluation and Variation of Debris-Covered Glaciers Based on the Multi-Source Remote Sensing Images, Take Glaciers in the Eastern Tomur Peak Region for Example

Remote Sensing, 2023
As a particular type of alpine glacier, debris-covered glaciers are essential for local water resources and glacial disaster warnings. The Eastern Tomur Peak Region (EPTR) is the most concentrated glacier in Tien Shan Mountain, China, where the glaciers ...
Shujing Yang, Feiteng Wang, Yida Xie, Weibo Zhao, Changbin Bai, Jingwen Liu, Chunhai Xu   +6 more
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Updated inventory of glacier ice in New Zealand based on 2016 satellite imagery

Journal of Glaciology, 2021
The only complete inventory of New Zealand glaciers was based on aerial photography starting in 1978. While there have been partial updates using 2002 and 2009 satellite data, most glaciers are still represented by the 1978 outlines in contemporary ...
Sabine Baumann, Brian Anderson, Trevor Chinn, Andrew Mackintosh, Catherine Collier, Andrew M. Lorrey, Wolfgang Rack, Heather Purdie, Shaun Eaves   +8 more
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Thinning and surface mass balance patterns of two neighbouring debris-covered glaciers in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau [PDF]

The Cryosphere, 2023
Debris-covered glaciers are a common feature of the mountain cryosphere in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. A better understanding of these glaciers is necessary to reduce the uncertainties in regional water resource variability and to anticipate ...
C. Zhao, C. Zhao, W. Yang, E. Miles, M. Westoby, M. Kneib, M. Kneib, Y. Wang, Z. He, Z. He, F. Pellicciotti, F. Pellicciotti   +11 more
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Novel Machine Learning Method Integrating Ensemble Learning and Deep Learning for Mapping Debris-Covered Glaciers

Remote Sensing, 2021
Glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) have a significant impact on human activity. Thus, a detailed and up-to-date inventory of glaciers is crucial, along with monitoring them regularly.
Yijie Lu, Zhen Zhang, Donghui Shangguan, Junhua Yang   +3 more
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