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Long-range terrestrial laser scanning measurements of annual and intra-annual mass balances for Urumqi Glacier No. 1, eastern Tien Shan, China
Chunhai Xu
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science/Tien Shan Glaciological
Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Zhongqin Li
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science/Tien Shan Glaciological
Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Huilin Li
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science/Tien Shan Glaciological
Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Feiteng Wang
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science/Tien Shan Glaciological
Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Ping Zhou
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science/Tien Shan Glaciological
Station, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Short summary
We take Urumqi Glacier No. 1 as an example and validate a long-range terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) as an efficient tool for monitoring annual and intra-annual mass balances, especially for inaccessible glacier areas where no glaciological measurements are available. The TLS has application potential for glacier mass-balance monitoring in China. For wide applications of the TLS, we can select some benchmark glaciers and use stable scan positions and in-situ-measured densities of snow–firn.
We take Urumqi Glacier No. 1 as an example and validate a long-range terrestrial laser scanner...