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DOI | 10.3189/172756407782871693 |
Glacier changes in the west Kunlun Shan from 1970 to 2001 derived from Landsat TM/ETM plus and Chinese glacier inventory data | |
Donghui, Shangguan; Shiyin, Liu; Yongjian, Ding; Jing, Li; Yong, Zhang; Lianfu, Ding; Xing, Wang; Changwei, Xie; Gang, Li | |
发表日期 | 2007 |
ISSN | 0260-3055 |
起始页码 | 204 |
结束页码 | + |
卷号 | 46 |
英文摘要 | Recent studies have indicated that widespread wastage of glaciers in western China has occurred since the late 1970s. By using digitized glacier outlines derived from the 1970 inventory and Landsat satellite data from 1990/91 to 2001, we obtained area changes of about 278 glaciers with a total area of 2711.57 km(2) in the heavily glaciated west Kunlun Shan (WKS) in the northern Tibetan Plateau (TP). Results indicate that the prevailing characteristic of glacier variation is ice wastage, and glacier area decreased by 10 km(2) (0.4% of the total 1970 area) between 1970 and 2001. Both the south and north slopes of the WKS presented shrinkage during 1970-2001, but whereas on the north slope a slight enlargement of ice extent during 1970-90 was followed by a reduction of 0.2% during 1990-2001, on the south slope the glacier area decreased by 1.2% during 1970-91, with a small increment of 0.6% during 1991-2001. Comparisons with other glaciated mountainous regions in western China show that glaciers in the research area have experienced less retreat. Based on records from the Guliya ice core, we believe that an increase in air temperature was the main forcing factor for glacier shrinkage during 1970-2001. |
关键词 | AREA |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000250954200029 |
来源期刊 | ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY, VOL 46, 2007
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来源机构 | 中国科学院青藏高原研究所 |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/257460 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Donghui, Shangguan,Shiyin, Liu,Yongjian, Ding,et al. Glacier changes in the west Kunlun Shan from 1970 to 2001 derived from Landsat TM/ETM plus and Chinese glacier inventory data[J]. 中国科学院青藏高原研究所,2007,46. |
APA | Donghui, Shangguan.,Shiyin, Liu.,Yongjian, Ding.,Jing, Li.,Yong, Zhang.,...&Gang, Li.(2007).Glacier changes in the west Kunlun Shan from 1970 to 2001 derived from Landsat TM/ETM plus and Chinese glacier inventory data.ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY, VOL 46, 2007,46. |
MLA | Donghui, Shangguan,et al."Glacier changes in the west Kunlun Shan from 1970 to 2001 derived from Landsat TM/ETM plus and Chinese glacier inventory data".ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY, VOL 46, 2007 46(2007). |
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