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DOI	10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.013
	Responses of two branches of Glacier No. 1 to climate change from 1993 to 2005, Tianshan, China
	Xu, Xiangke; Pan, Baolin; Hu, En; Li, Yanjun; Liang, Yuehua
通讯作者	Xu, XK (通讯作者)
发表日期	2011
ISSN	1040-6182
EISSN	1873-4553
起始页码	143
结束页码	150
卷号	236
英文摘要	Clear understanding of how alpine glaciers respond to climate change is critical to accurately evaluate water resources and to retrieve climate information from the alpine glaciers. However, different glaciers may have different responses to climate change. This study focuses on two branches of Glacier No. 1 at the head of Urumqi River, Tianshan, China. These two branches, West Branch (WB) and East Branch (EB), have experienced the same pattern of climate warming since their separation in 1993. However, these glaciers have responded differently as observed by fieldwork and analysis of their annual mass balances, lengths, areas, equilibrium line altitudes (ELAs). To illustrate the different responses of climate change (increase in both temperature and precipitation), the glacier length response time (T-rl) and climate sensitivity (C) are calculated for the two branches. The length response time and climate sensitivity are 1.89 y and 8.81 for the EB, and 1.63 y and 5.92 for WB. The different responses are interpreted to be controlled by glacial/topographical features with larger slopes and smaller areas, making the WB more sensitive to the recent climate warming. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
关键词	RUNOFF
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:000290511100016
来源期刊	QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
来源机构	中国科学院青藏高原研究所
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/257856
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xu, Xiangke,Pan, Baolin,Hu, En,et al. Responses of two branches of Glacier No. 1 to climate change from 1993 to 2005, Tianshan, China[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2011,236.
APA	Xu, Xiangke,Pan, Baolin,Hu, En,Li, Yanjun,&Liang, Yuehua.(2011).Responses of two branches of Glacier No. 1 to climate change from 1993 to 2005, Tianshan, China.QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL,236.
MLA	Xu, Xiangke,et al."Responses of two branches of Glacier No. 1 to climate change from 1993 to 2005, Tianshan, China".QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL 236(2011).