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DOI	10.1360/03wd0148
	Glacier variations and climate warming and drying in the central Himalayas
	Ren, JW; Qin, DH; Kang, SC; Hou, SG; Pu, JC; Jing, ZF
发表日期	2004
ISSN	1001-6538
起始页码	65
结束页码	69
卷号	49 期号:1
英文摘要	Repeat measurements of glacier terminus positions show that glaciers in the central Himalayas have been in a continuous retreat situation in the past decades. The average retreat rate is 5.5-8.7 m/a in Mt. Qomolangma (Everest) since the 1960s and 6.4 m/a in Mt. Xixiabangma since the 1980s. In recent years, the retreat rate is increasing. Ice core studies revealed that the accumulation rate of glaciers has a fluctuating decrease trend in the last century with a rapid decrease in the 1960s; and a relatively steady low value afterwards. Meteorological station record indicates that the annual mean temperature has a slow increase trend but summer temperature had a larger increase in the past 30 a. All these suggest that the glacier retreat results from precipitation decrease in combination with temperature increase, and hence glacier shrinkage in this region will speed up if the climatic warming and drying continues.
英文关键词	Himalayas; glacier retreat; climate warming; ice core record
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
来源期刊	CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/158721
作者单位	Ren, JW (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Res Inst, Key Lab Ice Core & Cold Reg, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China.
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ren, JW,Qin, DH,Kang, SC,et al. Glacier variations and climate warming and drying in the central Himalayas[J],2004,49(1).
APA	Ren, JW,Qin, DH,Kang, SC,Hou, SG,Pu, JC,&Jing, ZF.(2004).Glacier variations and climate warming and drying in the central Himalayas.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,49(1).
MLA	Ren, JW,et al."Glacier variations and climate warming and drying in the central Himalayas".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 49.1(2004).