Linking glacier retreat with climate change on the Tibetan Plateau through satellite remote sensing

Zhao, Fumeng; Gong, Wenping; Bianchini, Silvia; Yang, Zhongkang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5595-2024

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5595-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5595-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 12

Research article

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03 Dec 2024

Research article |

| 03 Dec 2024

Linking glacier retreat with climate change on the Tibetan Plateau through satellite remote sensing

Fumeng Zhao, Wenping Gong, Silvia Bianchini, and Zhongkang Yang

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5595-2024-supplement

Data sets

Supraglacial Debris Cover. V. 1.0 Dirk Scherler et al. https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.3.3.2018.005

Short summary

Glacier retreat patterns and climatic drivers on the Tibetan Plateau are uncertain at finer resolutions. This study introduces a new glacier-mapping method covering 1988 to 2022, using downscaled air temperature and precipitation data. It quantifies the impacts of annual and seasonal temperature and precipitation on retreat. Results show rapid and varied retreat: annual temperature and spring precipitation influence retreat in the west and northwest, respectively.