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Research article
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11 Dec 2017
Research article |
| 11 Dec 2017
Surface lowering of the debris-covered area of Kanchenjunga Glacier in the eastern Nepal Himalaya since 1975, as revealed by Hexagon KH-9 and ALOS satellite observations
Damodar Lamsal
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya
464-8601, Japan
now at: Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd., Kanagawa 215-0004, Japan
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya
464-8601, Japan
Akiko Sakai
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya
464-8601, Japan
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Short summary
This study presents the geodetic mass balance of Kanchenjunga Glacier, a heavily debris-covered glacier in the easternmost Nepal Himalaya, between 1975 and 2010 using high-resolution DEMs. The rate of elevation change positively correlates with elevation and glacier velocity, and significant surface lowering is observed at supraglacial ponds. A difference in pond density would strongly affect the different geodetic mass balances of the Kanchenjunga and Khumbu glaciers.
This study presents the geodetic mass balance of Kanchenjunga Glacier, a heavily debris-covered...
