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Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-505-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-505-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
Research article
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16 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 16 Mar 2015

Spatial patterns in glacier characteristics and area changes from 1962 to 2006 in the Kanchenjunga–Sikkim area, eastern Himalaya

A. E. Racoviteanu, Y. Arnaud, M. W. Williams, and W. F. Manley

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An overall negative glacier surface area change of 0.5±0.2% yr-1 was observed for the eastern Himalaya since 1962 based on remote sensing data. There were higher rates of area loss for clean glaciers (-34%, or -0.7% yr-1) compared to debris-covered glaciers (-14.3% or -0.3 yr-1) on a glacier-by-glacier basis. Patterns of area change are heterogenous and depend on topographic and climatic factors, glacier altitude (maximum, median, altitudinal range), glacier size, slope and aspect.
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