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Heterogeneous changes of glaciers over the western Kunlun Mountains based on ICESat and Landsat-8 derived glacier inventory

机译:基于ICESat和Landsat-8冰川存量的昆仑山西部冰川异质变化

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Glaciers in the northwestern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP) including the Karakoram and western Kunlun Mountains (WKM) exhibited heterogeneous changes in recent years. A latest glacier inventory of the WKM region is generated by using Landsat 8/OLI images (year 2013) and SRTM3 DEM. The ICESat (Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite) elevation data in combination with the DEM is then employed to investigate glacier thickness changes. The WKM region consists of 537 glaciers (>0.02km2) with a total area of 3137km2 in 2013. Out of these, 16 groups of glaciers covering an area about 1234km2 (2013) showed varying surface elevation trends ranging from -0.4±0.20m/a to 0.7±24m/a over 2003-2008, except the serious thinning trend (-1.15±0.41m/a) detected at a surging glacier. The surging glacier (the Zhongfeng glacier) is characterized by drastic elevation variations (up to -80m) and contrasting trends over the accumulation areas due to cave-in and rapid transfer of ice to the downstream. The heterogeneous glacier behavior in the WKM region was not only exemplified in the varying mass balances of individual glaciers but also the spatial variability of elevation trends over different glacier parts (accumulationblation areas). Analysis of the heterogeneity shows that such glacier dynamics were probably associated with local glacier parameters including altitude, aspect, glacier hypsometry and ice flow. The mechanisms for the mass gain and glacier surging in the WKM region require further studies with more observations.
机译:近年来,包括喀喇昆仑山和昆仑山西部(WKM)在内的西北青藏高原(QTP)冰川表现出不同的变化。使用Landsat 8 / OLI影像(2013年)和SRTM3 DEM生成了WKM地区的最新冰川清单。然后,结合DEM使用ICESat(冰,云和陆地高程卫星)高程数据来研究冰川厚度变化。 WKM地区由537个冰川(> 0.02 km2)组成,2013年总面积为3137 km2。其中,16组冰川覆盖面积约为1234 km2(2013年),其表面海拔变化趋势在-0.4±0.20m /除了在激增的冰川上发现了严重的稀疏趋势(-1.15±0.41m / a)外,2003-2008年间a至0.7±24m / a。汹涌澎g的冰川(中峰冰川)的特征是剧烈的海拔变化(高达-80m),并且由于塌陷和冰向下游的快速转移而在蓄积区域形成对比趋势。 WKM地区的非均质冰川行为不仅体现在单个冰川的质量平衡变化中,而且还体现在不同冰川部分(堆积消融面积)上海拔趋势的空间变化。对非均质性的分析表明,这种冰川动力学可能与局部冰川参数有关,包括海拔,高度,冰川测压法和冰流。 WKM地区的质量增加和冰川激增的机制需要更多的观察和进一步的研究。

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    Ke L; Ding X; Song C;

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