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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5435-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5435-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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20 Dec 2023
Research article |
| 20 Dec 2023
| 20 Dec 2023
Annual to seasonal glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia derived from Pléiades stereo images: examples from the Pamir and the Tibetan Plateau
Daniel Falaschi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, Irvine Building, North Street, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, Scotland, UK
Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), CCT-CONICET Mendoza, C.C. 330, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
Atanu Bhattacharya
Department of Earth Sciences and Remote Sensing, JIS University, Kolkata, 700109 Kolkata, India
Gregoire Guillet
Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Lei Huang
Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dengzhuang south road 9, Haidian District, 100094 Beijing, China
Owen King
School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, Irvine Building, North Street, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, Scotland, UK
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
Kriti Mukherjee
Cranfield Environment Centre, Cranfield University, College Road, Bedford, MK43 0AL, UK
Philipp Rastner
Department of Geography, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Tandong Yao
Institute of Tibet Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Building 3, 30 Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
Tobias Bolch
School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, Irvine Building, North Street, St Andrews, KY16 9AL, Scotland, UK
Institute of Geodesy, Graz University of Technology, Steyrergasse 10, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Short summary
Because glaciers are crucial freshwater sources in the lowlands surrounding High Mountain Asia, constraining short-term glacier mass changes is essential. We investigate the potential of state-of-the-art satellite elevation data to measure glacier mass changes in two selected regions. The results demonstrate the ability of our dataset to characterize glacier changes of different magnitudes, allowing for an increase in the number of inaccessible glaciers that can be readily monitored.
Because glaciers are crucial freshwater sources in the lowlands surrounding High Mountain Asia,...
