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Contrasting glacier responses to recent climate change in high-mountain Asia. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 AbstractRecent studies of Asian glaciers have shown that glaciers in eastern Karakoram and West Kunlun have been slightly gaining mass while those in nearby Jammu Kashmir and Himalayas are losing mass, at rates of more than 0.5 m w.e.yr−1 and about 0.3 m w.e.yr−1, respectively. Two possible explanations have been proposed for this difference in glacier
Sakai A, Fujita K.
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Heterogeneous Influence of Glacier Morphology on the Mass Balance Variability in High Mountain Asia [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2019 We investigate the control of the morphological variables on the 2000–2016 glacier‐wide mass balances of 6,470 individual glaciers of High Mountain Asia. We separate the data set into 12 regions assumed to be climatically homogeneous. We find that the slope of the glacier tongue, mean glacier elevation, percentage of supraglacial debris cover, and ...
Fanny Brun +6 more
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Continuous warming shift greening towards browning in the Southeast and Northwest High Mountain Asia. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 Liu Y, Li Z, Chen Y.
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Climate change in the High Mountain Asia in CMIP6 [PDF]
Earth System Dynamics, 2021 Abstract. Climate change over High Mountain Asia (HMA, including the Tibetan Plateau) is investigated over the period 1979–2014 and in future projections following the four shared socioeconomic pathways SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0 and SSP5-8.5. The skill of 26 CMIP6 models is estimated for near-surface air temperature, snow cover extent and total ...
Lalande, Mickaël +4 more
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Hydrology of debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia [PDF]
Earth-Science Reviews, 2020 The hydrological characteristics of debris-covered glaciers are known to be fundamentally different from those of clean-ice glaciers, even within the same climatological, geological, and geomorphological setting. Understanding how these characteristics influence the timing and magnitude of meltwater discharge is particularly important for regions where
Miles, K.E. +5 more
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Increase in occurrence of large glacier-related landslides in the high mountains of Asia [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 AbstractGlobally, a large number of glaciers are retreating due to global warming. Along with climate change, glacial melting has been identified as one of the main triggers of landslide activity in high mountain areas. Evaluations of the triggered mechanism alone do not provide comprehensive insight into the overall impact of glacier accumulation and ...
Yuming Wu, Xing Gao, Jia Liu
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Accelerated warming of High Mountain Asia predicted at multiple years ahead
Science BulletinHigh-Mountain Asia (HMA) is an important source of freshwater since it holds the largest reservoir of frozen water outside the polar regions. HMA feeds ten great rivers, ultimately supporting more than 2 billion people. However, the threat of accelerated glacier melt, which is a consequence of unprecedented global warming since the early 1950s ...
Shuai Hu, Tianjun Zhou, Bo Wu
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Supraglacial debris thickness and supply rate in High-Mountain Asia
Communications Earth & Environment, 2021 AbstractSupraglacial debris strongly modulates glacier melt rates and can be decisive for ice dynamics and mountain hydrology. It is ubiquitous in High-Mountain Asia, yet because its thickness and supply rate from local topography are poorly known, our ability to forecast regional glacier change and streamflow is limited.
Michael McCarthy +5 more
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Remote sensing of the cryosphere in high mountain ASIA [PDF]
2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2017 High Mountain Asia (HMA), often referred to as the “third pole” of the world because its high elevation glaciers, contains the largest amount of fresh water outside the polar ice sheets. The region's hydrology is strongly controlled by variations in the timing and distribution of runoff from snow and glacier melt.
Batuhan Osmanoglu +5 more
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Surging glaciers in High Mountain Asia between 1986 and 2021
Remote Sensing, 2022 Abstract. High Mountain Asia (HMA) is one of the main distribution areas of surging glaciers in the world. The glacier change represented by the Karakoram anomaly has been a topic of wide concern. Surging glaciers not only reshape the peri-glacial landscape, but may also directly or indirectly lead to disasters.
Xiaojun Yao +4 more
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