Thinning and surface mass balance patterns of two neighbouring debris-covered glaciers in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Zhao, Chuanxi; Yang, Wei; Miles, Evan; Westoby, Matthew; Kneib, Marin; Wang, Yongjie; He, Zhen; Pellicciotti, Francesca

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3895-2023

Articles | Volume 17, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3895-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3895-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 9

Research article

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12 Sep 2023

Research article |

| 12 Sep 2023

Thinning and surface mass balance patterns of two neighbouring debris-covered glaciers in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau

Chuanxi Zhao, Wei Yang, Evan Miles, Matthew Westoby, Marin Kneib, Yongjie Wang, Zhen He, and Francesca Pellicciotti

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3895-2023-supplement

Data sets

The UAV-derived orthomosaics and DEMs of 23K Glacier and 24K Glacier in southeastern Tibetan Plateau (2019-2020) Chuanxi Zhao and Wei Yang https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7350479

Short summary

This paper quantifies the thinning and surface mass balance of two neighbouring debris-covered glaciers in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau during different seasons, based on high spatio-temporal resolution UAV-derived (unpiloted aerial vehicle) data and in situ observations. Through a comparison approach and high-precision results, we identify that the glacier dynamic and debris thickness are strongly related to the future fate of the debris-covered glaciers in this region.