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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-199-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-199-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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14 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 14 Jan 2021
| 14 Jan 2021
Response of downstream lakes to Aru glacier collapses on the western Tibetan Plateau
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface
Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System Sciences, Beijing,
100101, China
Tandong Yao
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface
Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System Sciences, Beijing,
100101, China
Lide Tian
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System Sciences, Beijing,
100101, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University,
Kunming, China
Yongwei Sheng
Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles,
CA 90095–1524, USA
National Tibetan Plateau Data Center, Institute of Tibetan Plateau
Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Jingjuan Liao
Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing
and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100094, China
Huabiao Zhao
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface
Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System Sciences, Beijing,
100101, China
Ngari Station for Desert Environment Observation and Research,
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101,
China
Wei Yang
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface
Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System Sciences, Beijing,
100101, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System Sciences, Beijing,
100101, China
Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing
10084, China
Etienne Berthier
LEGOS, CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse,
France
Fanny Brun
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, 38000
Grenoble, France
Yang Gao
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface
Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System Sciences, Beijing,
100101, China
Meilin Zhu
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface
Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
Guangjian Wu
Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface
Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth System Sciences, Beijing,
100101, China
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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.
Two glaciers in the Aru range, western Tibetan Plateau (TP), collapsed suddenly on 17 July and...
