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Research article
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21 Jan 2022
Research article |
| 21 Jan 2022
| 21 Jan 2022
Towards ice-thickness inversion: an evaluation of global digital elevation models (DEMs) in the glacierized Tibetan Plateau
Wenfeng Chen
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Tandong Yao
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Fei Li
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Guoxiong Zheng
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Urumqi, China
Yushan Zhou
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Fenglin Xu
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and
Environment, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Recent Seasonal Spatiotemporal Variations in Alpine Glacier Surface Elevation in the Pamir W. Du et al. 10.3390/rs14194923
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- Spatial differences of ice volume across High Mountain Asia R. Wang et al. 10.1016/j.accre.2023.08.004
- Late Quaternary lake level record of Orog Nuur, southern Mongolia, revealed by optical dating of paleo-shorelines S. Zhang et al. 10.1016/j.quageo.2022.101370
- Regional “Bare-Earth” Digital Terrain Model for Costa Rica Based on NASADEM Corrected for Vegetation Bias O. Pimenova et al. 10.3390/rs14102421
- Glacier Mass Balance Pattern and Its Variation Mechanism in the West Kunlun Mountains in Tibetan Plateau L. Gao et al. 10.3390/rs14112634
- Performance assessment of global open‐access digital elevation models in China mainland coastal region H. Ding et al. 10.1002/esp.5677
Latest update: 27 Nov 2023
Short summary
A digital elevation model (DEM) is a prerequisite for estimating regional glacier thickness. Our study first compared six widely used global DEMs over the glacierized Tibetan Plateau by using ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite) laser altimetry data. Our results show that NASADEM had the best accuracy. We conclude that NASADEM would be the best choice for ice-thickness estimation over the Tibetan Plateau through an intercomparison of four ice-thickness inversion models.
A digital elevation model (DEM) is a prerequisite for estimating regional glacier thickness. Our...
