Articles | Volume 16, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2745-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-2745-2022
Research article
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14 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 14 Jul 2022

Contribution of ground ice melting to the expansion of Selin Co (lake) on the Tibetan Plateau

Lingxiao Wang, Lin Zhao, Huayun Zhou, Shibo Liu, Erji Du, Defu Zou, Guangyue Liu, Yao Xiao, Guojie Hu, Chong Wang, Zhe Sun, Zhibin Li, Yongping Qiao, Tonghua Wu, Chengye Li, and Xubing Li

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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 window to detect the subsurface ground ice melting. Results reveal that ground ice meltwater contributed ~ 12 % of the lake volume increase during 2017–2020.