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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5653-2024
© Author(s) 2024. 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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05 Dec 2024
Research article |
| 05 Dec 2024
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Reanalysis of the longest mass balance series in Himalaya using a nonlinear model: Chhota Shigri Glacier (India)
Mohd Farooq Azam
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, 453552, India
Christian Vincent
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble-INP, INRAE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Smriti Srivastava
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, 453552, India
Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Etienne Berthier
Université de Toulouse, LEGOS (CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3), Toulouse, 31400, France
Patrick Wagnon
Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement (IGE, UMR 5001), Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble-INP, INRAE, 38000 Grenoble, France
Himanshu Kaushik
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, 453552, India
Md. Arif Hussain
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, 453552, India
Manoj Kumar Munda
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Simrol, 453552, India
Arindan Mandal
Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
Alagappan Ramanathan
School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Fifty years of Himalayan glacier mass-balance monitoring: Recommendations in honour of IYGP 2025 M. Azam https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2026.10151
- Integrated multi-data approach for reconstruction of triloknath glacier evolution since the ‘little ice age’: Geomorphic controls and climate response in the western himalaya I. Ahmed et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2026.110579
- Geodetic mass balance reveals enhanced up-glacier thinning in four major High Mountain Asia glaciers A. Mandal et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-026-02563-5
- Fate and state of small and medium-sized glaciers of Himachal Pradesh, India: a geospatial-based perspective S. Bhattacharjee et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-026-02802-7
- Initial glaciological investigations on a large Himalayan glacier: Drang Drung (Zanskar, Ladakh, India) M. Azam et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.102
- Mass balance of lake terminating Gepang Gath glacier (western Himalaya, India) and the role of glacier–lake interactions B. Pratap et al. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2025.31
- Glacier mass balance response to extreme precipitation events in the Western Himalaya, India P. Kumar et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2026.105643
- Impact of the 2022 heatwave and 2023 extreme summer snowfall on the mass balance of the Chhota Shigri Glacier, western Himalaya H. Kaushik et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-43456-1
- Measuring glacial sustainability using glacial mass balance at Baspa Basin, India A. Arya & H. Santhanam https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-026-06548-6
- Multi-decadal geodetic mass balance, climate sensitivity, and projected glacier response in the Chandra–Bhaga Basin, Western Indian Himalaya (1971–2100) A. Bhattacharya et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181261
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Mass balance series on Chhota Shigri Glacier has been reanalysed by combining the traditional mass balance reanalysis framework and a nonlinear model. The nonlinear model is preferred over traditional glaciological methods to compute the mass balances, as the former can capture the spatiotemporal variability in point mass balances from a heterogeneous in situ point mass balance network. The nonlinear model outperforms the traditional method and agrees better with the geodetic estimates.
Mass balance series on Chhota Shigri Glacier has been reanalysed by combining the traditional...
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