Articles | Volume 14, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3215-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3215-2020
Research article
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24 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 24 Sep 2020

Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling

Remco J. de Kok, Philip D. A. Kraaijenbrink, Obbe A. Tuinenburg, Pleun N. J. Bonekamp, and Walter W. Immerzeel

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (07 Feb 2020) by Thomas Mölg
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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (22 Apr 2020) by Thomas Mölg
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (06 Aug 2020) by Thomas Mölg
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Short summary
Glaciers worldwide are shrinking, yet glaciers in parts of High Mountain Asia are growing. Using models of the regional climate and glacier growth, we reproduce the observed patterns of glacier growth and shrinkage in High Mountain Asia of the last decades. Increases in snow, in part from water that comes from lowland agriculture, have probably been more important than changes in temperature to explain the growing glaciers. We now better understand changes in the crucial mountain water cycle.