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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1631-2022
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Research article
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05 May 2022
Research article |
| 05 May 2022
| 05 May 2022
Understanding monsoon controls on the energy and mass balance of glaciers in the Central and Eastern Himalaya
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Catriona L. Fyffe
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
Simone Fatichi
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Evan Miles
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Michael McCarthy
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
Thomas E. Shaw
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Baohong Ding
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Wei Yang
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Patrick Wagnon
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble-INP, IGE, Grenoble, France
Walter Immerzeel
Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China
Francesca Pellicciotti
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
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Latest update: 18 Apr 2024
Short summary
The monsoon is important for the shrinking and growing of glaciers in the Himalaya during summer. We calculate the melt of seven glaciers in the region using a complex glacier melt model and weather data. We find that monsoonal weather affects glaciers that are covered with a layer of rocky debris and glaciers without such a layer in different ways. It is important to take so-called turbulent fluxes into account. This knowledge is vital for predicting the future of the Himalayan glaciers.
The monsoon is important for the shrinking and growing of glaciers in the Himalaya during...
