Mapping and inventorying active rock glaciers in the northern Tien Shan of China using satellite SAR interferometry

Wang, Xiaowen; Liu, Lin; Zhao, Lin; Wu, Tonghua; Li, Zhongqin; Liu, Guoxiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-997-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-997-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-997-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 2

Research article

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20 Apr 2017

Research article |

| 20 Apr 2017

Mapping and inventorying active rock glaciers in the northern Tien Shan of China using satellite SAR interferometry

Xiaowen Wang, Lin Liu, Lin Zhao, Tonghua Wu, Zhongqin Li, and Guoxiang Liu

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RC1: 'review', Gengnian Liu, 05 Dec 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Dr. Gengnian Liu', Lin Liu, 13 Feb 2017
RC2: 'Review comment on "Mapping and inventorying active rock glaciers in the Northern Tien Shan (China) using satellite SAR interferometry" by Wang et al.', Tazio Strozzi, 13 Dec 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to Dr. Strozzi', Lin Liu, 13 Feb 2017
RC3: 'Review', Tobias Bolch, 17 Jan 2017
- AC4: 'Reply to Dr. Bolch', Lin Liu, 13 Feb 2017
AC1: 'Revised manuscript with changes highlighted', Lin Liu, 13 Feb 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Lin Liu on behalf of the Authors (13 Feb 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Mar 2017) by Tingjun Zhang (deceased)

RR by Gengnian Liu (17 Mar 2017)

RR by Tazio Strozzi (20 Mar 2017)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (20 Mar 2017) by Tingjun Zhang (deceased)

AR by Lin Liu on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2017) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Rock glaciers are abundant in high mountains in western China but have been ignored for 20 years. We used a new remote-sensing-based method to map active rock glaciers in the Chinese part of the Tien Shan and compiled an inventory of 261 active rock glaciers and included quantitative information about their locations, geomorphic parameters, and downslope velocities. Our dataset suggests that the lower limit of permafrost there is 2500–2800 m.