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DOI | 10.1007/s11434-008-0288-3 |
Quick ice mass loss and abrupt retreat of the maritime glaciers in the Kangri Karpo Mountains, southeast Tibetan Plateau | |
Yang Wei; Yao TanDong; Xu BaiQing; Wu GuangJian; Ma LingLong; Xin XiaoDong | |
发表日期 | 2008 |
ISSN | 1001-6538 |
卷号 | 53期号:16页码:2547-2551 |
英文摘要 | The maritime glaciers are sensitive to climate change because of high annual precipitation and high air temperature in the region. A combined comprehensive study was carried out based on glacier mass balance observation, GPS-based glacier terminus position survey, glacier Ground Penetrating Radar, topography maps and RS satellite images in the Kangri Karpo Mountains, Southeast Tibet. The study revealed a strong ice mass loss and quick glacier retreat since the 1970s. Ata Glacier, one glacier from the south slope of the Kangri Karpo Mountains, has formed a 6-km-long terminal moraine zone at the end of the glacier since the 1970s, and the accelerating retreat is largely due to the strong glacier surface melting. Mass balance study on the other four glaciers on the northern side of the Kangri Karpo Mountains shows that they are in large negative mass balance and the glaciers had retreated 15-19 m from May 2006 to May 2007. The in-situ glacier observation also shows that the glacier retreat is more obvious in small glaciers. The enhanced ice mass deficit caused by climate warming and the ongoing extinction of many small glaciers in this region could seriously affect the water resources, environments, local climate and regional sustainable development in the near future. |
英文关键词 | glacier shrinkage;mass balance;climate change;Kangri Karpo Mountains |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000258528600018 |
来源期刊 | CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN |
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/418 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Yang Wei,Yao TanDong,Xu BaiQing,et al. Quick ice mass loss and abrupt retreat of the maritime glaciers in the Kangri Karpo Mountains, southeast Tibetan Plateau[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2008,53(16):2547-2551. |
APA | Yang Wei,Yao TanDong,Xu BaiQing,Wu GuangJian,Ma LingLong,&Xin XiaoDong.(2008).Quick ice mass loss and abrupt retreat of the maritime glaciers in the Kangri Karpo Mountains, southeast Tibetan Plateau.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,53(16),2547-2551. |
MLA | Yang Wei,et al."Quick ice mass loss and abrupt retreat of the maritime glaciers in the Kangri Karpo Mountains, southeast Tibetan Plateau".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 53.16(2008):2547-2551. |
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