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Hot Spots of Glacier Mass Balance Variability in Central Asia. [PDF]

Geophys Res Lett, 2021
AbstractThe Tien Shan and Pamir mountains host over 28,000 glaciers providing essential water resources for increasing water demand in Central Asia. A disequilibrium between glaciers and climate affects meltwater release to Central Asian rivers, challenging the region's water availability. Previous research has neglected temporal variability.
Barandun M, Pohl E, Naegeli K, McNabb R, Huss M, Berthier E, Saks T, Hoelzle M.   +7 more
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Favorable climatic regime for maintaining the present-day geometry of the Gregoriev Glacier, Inner Tien Shan [PDF]

The Cryosphere, 2011
We conducted 2 yr (2005–2007) of in situ meteorological and glaciological observations on the Gregoriev Glacier, a flat-top glacier within the Inner Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan. Relative carrier-phase GPS surveys reveal a vertical lowering at the summit of the
K. Fujita, N. Takeuchi, S. A. Nikitin, A. B. Surazakov, S. Okamoto, V. B. Aizen, J. Kubota   +6 more
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Geodetic glacier mass loss in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Photogrammetric analysis of historical aerial photographs (1958–2023)

Journal of Glaciology
The Canadian Arctic Archipelago constitutes a primary source of contemporary sea-level rise from glaciers and ice caps, yet glacier-scale, multi-decadal records on Baffin and Bylot Islands remain limited.
Wai Yin (Wilson) Cheung, Laura Thomson, George Bevan   +2 more
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First in situ record of decadal glacier mass balance (2003–2014) from the Bhutan Himalaya

Annals of Glaciology, 2016
This study presents the first decadal mass-balance record of a small debris-free glacier in the Bhutan Himalaya, where few in situ measurements have been reported to date. Since 2003 we have measured the mass balance of Gangju La glacier, which covers an
Phuntsho Tshering, Koji Fujita
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Mass balance of Trambau Glacier, Rolwaling region, Nepal Himalaya: in-situ observations, long-term reconstruction and mass-balance sensitivity

Journal of Glaciology, 2019
We conducted a mass-balance study of debris-free Trambau Glacier in the Rolwaling region, Nepal Himalaya, which is accessible to 6000 m a.s.l., to better understand mass-balance processes and the effect of precipitation on these processes on high ...
SOJIRO SUNAKO, KOJI FUJITA, AKIKO SAKAI, RIJAN B. KAYASTHA   +3 more
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Surface Albedo Variation and Its Influencing Factors over Dongkemadi Glacier, Central Tibetan Plateau

Advances in Meteorology, 2015
Glacier albedo plays a critical role in surface-atmosphere energy exchange, the variability of which influences glacier mass balance as well as water resources.
Jie Wang, Yuhuan Cui, Xiaobo He, Jian Zhang, Shijiang Yan   +4 more
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Spatiotemporal Evolution of Glacier Mass Balance and Runoff Response in a High Mountain Basin Under Climate Change

Atmosphere
Under the context of global warming, accelerated glacier melting poses a severe threat to regional water security, necessitating systematic quantification of the spatiotemporal evolution of glacier mass balance (GMB) and its impacts on runoff. This study
Chaonan Zhang, Fulong Chen, Chaofei He, Fan Wu, Tongxia Wang, Aihua Long   +5 more
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Unprecedented 2025 glacier mass loss in Pamir

Advances in Climate Change Research
Recent extreme heat events have caused exceptional glacier mass loss worldwide. However, their impact on Pamir–Karakoram glaciers with anomalously stable or slightly positive mass balances remains unclear. Based on glaciological mass balance observations,
Yu Fan, Ying Xie, Yi-Fei He, Zhen He, Peng-Ling Wang, Wei Yang   +5 more
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Glacier Mass Changes of Lake-Terminating Grey and Tyndall Glaciers at the Southern Patagonia Icefield Derived From Geodetic Observations and Energy and Mass Balance Modeling

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018
In this study we demonstrate how energy and mass fluxes vary in space and time for Grey and Tyndall glaciers at the Southern Patagonia Icefield (SPI).
Stephanie S. Weidemann, Stephanie S. Weidemann, Tobias Sauter, Philipp Malz, Ricardo Jaña, Jorge Arigony-Neto, Gino Casassa, Gino Casassa, Christoph Schneider   +8 more
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Toward improved comparability of glacier mass-balance estimates: Challenges and recommendations

Journal of Glaciology
Observing glacier mass changes is essential for understanding and projecting the impacts of climate change on sea-level rise, water resources and natural hazards, as well as providing data for developing, calibrating and validating glacier evolution ...
Regine Hock, Matthias Huss, Etienne Berthier, Matthias Braun, Alex S. Gardner, Bert Wouters, Michael Zemp   +6 more
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