Recent area and ice volume change of Kangwure Glacier in the middle of Himalayas

查看全文 作　　者：MA [1,2]LingLong;TIAN [1,3]LiDe;PU [3]JianChen;WANG [4]PengLing

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory of Tibetan Environment Changes and Land Surface Processes, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sci- ences, Beijing 100085, China;[2]Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China;[3]National Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China;[4]National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》索引2010年第55卷第20期,共9页

基　　金：supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2005CB422004 and 2009CB723901);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(ZCX2-YW-146);the National Natural Science Foundation of China-Projects of International Cooperation(40810019001)and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(40771048) 摘　　要：This paper calculated and evaluated the area and ice volume changes of Kangwure Glacier in Mt.Xixiabangma,middle of Himalayas in the past 3 decades,based on the field survey of glacier boundary position by differential GPS and glacier depth by Ground Penetrating Radar(GPR),together with the topographic map and remote sense data.The studied data showed that the Kangwure Glacier has experienced significant mass deficit since the 1970s,with 34.2%of area loss,48.2%ofice volume loss and 7.5 m of average thickness decrease.This result revealed that the ice volume loss of Himalayan glaciers was more serious than expected.Analysis of meteorological data from two weather stations in the region of Mt.Xixiabangma,shows that the air temperature of this region has risen from the middle of the 20th century to the beginning of the 21st century.Significant retreat of Himalayas glacier driven by climatic warming will have a remarkable impact on hydrology and ecosystem. 关键词：喜马拉雅山冰川变化冰川面积冰量差分GPS 地质雷达探地雷达遥感数据

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