Long-term glacier variations and the response to climate fluctuation in Qilian Mountains, China

S Wang, J Wang, M Zhu, T Yao, J Pu… - Journal of Geographical …, 2024 - Springer
Glaciers are considered to be 'climate-sensitive indicators' and 'solid reservoirs', and their
changes significantly impact regional water security. The mass balance (MB) from 2011 to …

Divergent glacier area and elevation changes across the Tibetan Plateau in the early 21st century

C Zhang, W Ran, S Fang, S Hu, M Beckmann, M Volk - Anthropocene, 2023 - Elsevier
With accelerated warming, mountain glaciers in most parts of the world have been in a state
of continuous retreat in recent decades. Assessing glacier change and analyzing its …

Sensitivity of the mass balance of glaciers in the eastern part of the central Himalayas (eastern Nepal) to variations in air temperature and precipitation

A Khadka - 2024 - theses.hal.science
The large quantities of glaciers, snow, and permafrost provide much of the fresh water for
millions of people in the Himalayas and downstream. In recent decades, the Himalayan …

Initial glaciological investigations on a large Himalayan glacier: Drang Drung (Zanskar, Ladakh, India)

MF Azam, MA Hussain, H Kaushik, S Srivastava… - Journal of Glaciology - cambridge.org
In-situ glaciological observations in the Himalaya-Karakoram (HK) region mostly come from
small glaciers. Drang Drung (69.6 km 2, Zanskar, Ladakh) is the largest glacier in the HK …

Surface energy and mass balance of Mera Glacier (Nepal, Central Himalaya) and their sensitivity to temperature and precipitation

A Khadka, F Brun, P Wagnon, D Shrestha… - Journal of …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The sensitivity of glacier mass balance to temperature and precipitation variations is crucial
for informing models that simulate glaciers' response to climate change. In this study, we …