A decreasing glacier mass balance gradient from the edge of the Upper Tarim Basin to the Karakoram during 2000-2014

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07133-8

	A decreasing glacier mass balance gradient from the edge of the Upper Tarim Basin to the Karakoram during 2000-2014
	Lin, H (Lin, Hui)1,2,3; Li, G (Li, Gang)1; Cuo, L (Cuo, Lan)4,5,6; Hooper, A (Hooper, Andrew)7; Ye, QH (Ye, Qinghua)4; Li, G
刊名	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
	2017
卷号	7 期号:0 页码:6712
关键词	West Kunlun Shan Climate-change Icesat Altimetry Water-resources Tibetan Plateau Eastern Pamir Level Changes Indus Basin River Flows Himalaya
DOI	10.1038/s41598-017-07133-8
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	In contrast to the glacier mass losses observed at other locations around the world, some glaciers in the High Mountains of Asia appear to have gained mass in recent decades. However, changes in digital elevation models indicate that glaciers in Karakoram and Pamir have gained mass, while recent laser altimetry data indicate mass gain centred on West Kunlun. Here, we obtain results that are essentially consistent with those from altimetry, but with two-dimensional observations and higher resolution. We produced elevation models using radar interferometry applied to bistatic data gathered between 2011 and 2014 and compared them to a model produced from bistatic data collected in 2000. The glaciers in West Kunlun, Eastern Pamir and the northern part of Karakoram experienced a clear mass gain of 0.043 +/- 0.078 similar to 0.363 +/- 0.065 m w.e. yr(-1). The Karakoram showed a near-stable mass balance in its western part (-0.020 +/- 0.064 m w.e. yr(-1)), while the Eastern Karakoram showed mass loss (-0.101 +/- 0.058 m w.e. yr(-1)). Significant positive glacier mass balances are noted along the edge of the Upper Tarim Basin and indicate a decreasing gradient from northeast to southwest.
学科主题	自然地理学
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000406366000070
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/8023]
专题	青藏高原研究所_图书馆
通讯作者	Li, G
作者单位	1.Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Inst Space & Earth Informat Sci, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. 2.Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Geog & Resource Management, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China. 3.Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Shenzhen Res Inst, Shenzhen 518057, Peoples R China. 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. 5.CAS Ctr Excellence Tibetan Plateau Earth Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China. 7.Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, COMET, Leeds, W Yorkshire, England.
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lin, H ,Li, G ,Cuo, L ,et al. A decreasing glacier mass balance gradient from the edge of the Upper Tarim Basin to the Karakoram during 2000-2014[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2017,7(0):6712.
APA	Lin, H ,Li, G ,Cuo, L ,Hooper, A ,Ye, QH ,&Li, G.(2017).A decreasing glacier mass balance gradient from the edge of the Upper Tarim Basin to the Karakoram during 2000-2014.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,7(0),6712.
MLA	Lin, H ,et al."A decreasing glacier mass balance gradient from the edge of the Upper Tarim Basin to the Karakoram during 2000-2014".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 7.0(2017):6712.