Characteristics of recent temperate glacier fluctuations in the Parlung Zangbo River basin,southeast Tibetan Plateau |
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Authors: | Yang Wei Yao TanDong Xu BaiQing Ma LingLong Wang ZhiHui Wan Ming |
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Affiliation: | 1 Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; 2 State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China 3 Beibei Meteorological Bureau, Chongqing 400700, China |
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Abstract: | Little is known about recent variation of temperate glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau, although they are of particular theoretical and practical interests in terms of climate change and water supply. The study of glacier mass balance and terminus variation for six temperate glaciers in the Parlung Zangbo River basin, southeast Tibetan Plateau, shows the facts of the overall negative mass balance and the continued terminus retreat from 2005/2006 to 2007/2008. The mass balances of smaller glaciers were more negative compared to larger glaciers. Referring the trend of glacier mass balance in the Hengduan Mountains, the Himalayas and glacier shrinkage in southeast Tibetan Plateau, the mass loss and recession of temperate glacier in this region are expected if the current climate condition continues. |
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Keywords: | Southeast Tibetan Plateau temperate glacier glacier fluctuations mass balance |
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