Articles | Volume 16, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3739-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3739-2022
Research article
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21 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 21 Sep 2022

Timing and climatic-driven mechanisms of glacier advances in Bhutanese Himalaya during the Little Ice Age

Weilin Yang, Yingkui Li, Gengnian Liu, and Wenchao Chu

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We simulated the glacier evolutions in Bhutanese Himalaya during the LIA using OGGM. At the regional scale, four compelling glacial substages were reported, and a positive correlation between the number of glacial substages and the glacier slope was found. Based on the surface mass balance analysis, the study also indicated that the regional glacier advances are dominated by the reduction of summer ablation.