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16 Dec 2014
Research article |
| 16 Dec 2014
Deglaciation of the Caucasus Mountains, Russia/Georgia, in the 21st century observed with ASTER satellite imagery and aerial photography
M. Shahgedanova
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography and Environmental Science and Walker Institute for Climate System Research, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AB, UK
G. Nosenko
Laboratory of Glaciology, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Staromonetny Pereulok, Moscow, 119017, Russia
S. Kutuzov
Department of Geography and Environmental Science and Walker Institute for Climate System Research, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AB, UK
Laboratory of Glaciology, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Staromonetny Pereulok, Moscow, 119017, Russia
O. Rototaeva
Laboratory of Glaciology, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Staromonetny Pereulok, Moscow, 119017, Russia
T. Khromova
Laboratory of Glaciology, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 29 Staromonetny Pereulok, Moscow, 119017, Russia
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The paper investigates changes in the area of 498 glaciers in the main Caucasus ridge and on Mt. Elbrus (the highest summit in geographical Europe), Russia/Georgia in the late 20th and 21st centuries using ASTER and Landsat imagery with 15 m resolution from 1999-2001 and 2010-2012 and aerial photography from 1987-2001. The glacier area decreased by 4.7±2.1% or 19.2±8.7 km2 from 1999-2001 to 2010/12. The recession rates of glacier terminus more than doubled between 1987-2000/01 and 2000/01–2010.
The paper investigates changes in the area of 498 glaciers in the main Caucasus ridge and on Mt....
