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Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-103-2018
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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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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.
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