Response of downstream lakes to Aru glacier collapses  on the western Tibetan Plateau

Lei, Yanbin; Yao, Tandong; Tian, Lide; Sheng, Yongwei; Lazhu,; Liao, Jingjuan; Zhao, Huabiao; Yang, Wei; Yang, Kun; Berthier, Etienne; Brun, Fanny; Gao, Yang; Zhu, Meilin; Wu, Guangjian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-199-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-199-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-199-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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14 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 14 Jan 2021

Response of downstream lakes to Aru glacier collapses on the western Tibetan Plateau

Yanbin Lei, Tandong Yao, Lide Tian, Yongwei Sheng, Lazhu, Jingjuan Liao, Huabiao Zhao, Wei Yang, Kun Yang, Etienne Berthier, Fanny Brun, Yang Gao, Meilin Zhu, and Guangjian Wu

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RC1: 'Study provides interesting results but lacks clarity', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Jul 2020
- AC1: 'response to reviewer's 1# comments', Yanbin Lei, 10 Aug 2020
SC1: 'An interesting study sheding lights on the impact of massive glacier collapse', Linghong Ke, 26 Jul 2020
- SC2: 'response to short comment', Yanbin Lei, 10 Aug 2020
RC2: 'Tracking the impacts of the Aru glaciers collapses on downstream lakes', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Jul 2020
- AC2: 'response to reviewers' 2#comments', Yanbin Lei, 10 Aug 2020
RC3: 'Review on "Tracking the impacts of the Aru glacier collapses on downstream lakes"', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Aug 2020
- AC3: 'response to reviewer 3#', Yanbin Lei, 12 Aug 2020

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (22 Aug 2020) by Jürg Schweizer

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Oct 2020) by Jürg Schweizer

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (17 Oct 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (20 Oct 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (26 Oct 2020)

AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (12 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (02 Nov 2020) by Jürg Schweizer

AR by Yanbin Lei on behalf of the Authors (10 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (12 Nov 2020) by Jürg Schweizer

Short summary

Two glaciers in the Aru range, western Tibetan Plateau (TP), collapsed suddenly on 17 July and 21 September 2016, respectively, causing fatal damage to local people and their livestock. The impact of the glacier collapses on the two downstream lakes (i.e., Aru Co and Memar Co) is investigated in terms of lake morphology, water level and water temperature. Our results provide a baseline in understanding the future lake response to glacier melting on the TP under a warming climate.