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DOI	10.5194/tc-14-3215-2020
	Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling
	De Kok R.J.; Kraaijenbrink P.D.A.; Tuinenburg O.A.; Bonekamp P.N.J.; Immerzeel W.W.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	19940416
起始页码	3215
结束页码	3234
卷号	14 期号:9
英文摘要	Glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) provide an important water resource for communities downstream, and they are markedly impacted by global warming, yet there is a lack of understanding of the observed glacier mass balances and their spatial variability. In particular, the glaciers in the western Kunlun Shan and Karakoram (WKSK) ranges show neutral to positive mass balances despite global warming. Using models of the regional climate and glacier mass balance, we reproduce the observed patterns of glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia of the last decades within uncertainties. We show that low temperature sensitivities of glaciers and an increase in snowfall, for a large part caused by increases in evapotranspiration from irrigated agriculture, result in positive mass balances in the WKSK. The pattern of mass balances in High Mountain Asia can thus be understood from the combination of changes in climatic forcing and glacier properties, with an important role for irrigated agriculture. © 2020 Author(s).
英文关键词	climate forcing; climate modeling; evapotranspiration; glacier mass balance; global warming; regional climate; spatial variation; uncertainty analysis; China; Karakoram; Kunlun Mountains
语种	英语
来源期刊	Cryosphere
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/202062
作者单位	Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, Utrecht, 3508 TC, Netherlands; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, Utrecht, 3508 TC, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	De Kok R.J.,Kraaijenbrink P.D.A.,Tuinenburg O.A.,et al. Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling[J],2020,14(9).
APA	De Kok R.J.,Kraaijenbrink P.D.A.,Tuinenburg O.A.,Bonekamp P.N.J.,&Immerzeel W.W..(2020).Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling.Cryosphere,14(9).
MLA	De Kok R.J.,et al."Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling".Cryosphere 14.9(2020).