Recent glacier mass balance and area changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountains from DEMs and glacier inventories

Wu, Kunpeng; Liu, Shiyin; Jiang, Zongli; Xu, Junli; Wei, Junfeng; Guo, Wanqin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-103-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-103-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-103-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Research article

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12 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 12 Jan 2018

Recent glacier mass balance and area changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountains from DEMs and glacier inventories

Kunpeng Wu, Shiyin Liu, Zongli Jiang, Junli Xu, Junfeng Wei, and Wanqin Guo

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Final revised paper (published on 12 Jan 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 07 Sep 2017)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of "Recent glacier mass balance and area changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountain derived from multi-sources of DEMs and glacier inventories"', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 Sep 2017
- AC1: 'To Referee #1, "Recent glacier mass balance and area changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountain derived from multi-sources of DEMs and glacier inventories"', Kunpeng Wu, 15 Nov 2017
- AC3: 'To Referee #1_new revision, "Recent glacier mass balance and area changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountain derived from multi-sources of DEMs and glacier inventories"', Kunpeng Wu, 27 Nov 2017
RC2: 'Manuscript review', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'To Referee #2, "Recent glacier mass balance and area changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountain derived from multi-sources of DEMs and glacier inventories"', Kunpeng Wu, 15 Nov 2017
- AC4: 'To Referee #2_new revision, "Recent glacier mass balance and area changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountain derived from multi-sources of DEMs and glacier inventories"', Kunpeng Wu, 27 Nov 2017
EC1: 'Editor's response after reading AC1 and AC2', Benjamin Smith, 23 Nov 2017
- AC5: 'To Editor, "Recent glacier mass balance and area changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountain derived from multi-sources of DEMs and glacier inventories"', Kunpeng Wu, 27 Nov 2017

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

AR by Kunpeng Wu on behalf of the Authors (27 Nov 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (01 Dec 2017) by Benjamin Smith

AR by Kunpeng Wu on behalf of the Authors (02 Dec 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

This study presents diminishing ice cover in the Kangri Karpo Mountains by 24.9 % ± 2.2 % or 0.71 % ± 0.06 % a⁻¹ from 1980 to 2015 but with nine glaciers advancing. By utilizing geodetic methods, glaciers have experienced a mean mass deficit of 0.46 ± 0.08 m w.e. a⁻¹ from 1980 to 2014. These glaciers showed slight accelerated shrinkage and significant accelerated mass loss during 2000–2015 compared to that during 1980–2000, which is consistent with the tendency of climate warming.