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Contribution of ground ice melting to the expansion of Selin Co (lake) on the Tibetan Plateau
Lingxiao Wang
School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information
Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing 210044, China
School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information
Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing 210044, China
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
Huayun Zhou
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Shibo Liu
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Erji Du
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
Guangyue Liu
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
Yao Xiao
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
Guojie Hu
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
Chong Wang
School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information
Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing 210044, China
Zhe Sun
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
Zhibin Li
School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information
Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing 210044, China
Yongping Qiao
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
Tonghua Wu
Cryosphere Research Station on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau, State Key
Laboratory of Cryosphere Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and
Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Lanzhou 730000, China
Chengye Li
School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information
Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing 210044, China
Xubing Li
School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information
Science & Technology (NUIST), Nanjing 210044, China
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Short summary
Selin Co has exhibited the greatest increase in water storage among all the lakes on the Tibetan Plateau in the past decades. This study presents the first attempt to quantify the water contribution of ground ice melting to the expansion of Selin Co by evaluating the ground surface deformation since terrain surface settlement provides a
windowto detect the subsurface ground ice melting. Results reveal that ground ice meltwater contributed ~ 12 % of the lake volume increase during 2017–2020.
Selin Co has exhibited the greatest increase in water storage among all the lakes on the Tibetan...