Glacial evolution in the Ayilariju region, Western Himalaya, China: 1980-2011

doi:10.1007/s12665-016-5341-y

	Glacial evolution in the Ayilariju region, Western Himalaya, China: 1980-2011
	Li, XX (Li, Xuexin)1; Li, ZG ; Tian, LD (Tian, Lide)2; Fang, HY (Fang, Haiyan)3; Zhang, SH (Zhang, Shuhong)4; Zhang, JJ (Zhang, Jingjing)1; Li, ZG (Li, Zhiguo)1,2
刊名	ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES
	2016
卷号	75 期号:6 页码:460
关键词	Climate-change Tibetan Plateau Karakoram-himalaya Mass Balances Wind-speed Gis Mountains Elevation Patterns Impacts
DOI	10.1007/s12665-016-5341-y
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Changes in glacial geometries (extent and surface elevations) in the Ayilariju region of Western Himalaya, China, were investigated using topographical maps and data from the Landsat Thematic Mapper/Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus, the Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT4), the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 4.1 digital elevation model, and geographical information system techniques. The results showed that the total glaciated area decreased from 190.37 to 162.52 km(2) (14.6 % of the 1980 glaciated area) from 1980 to 2011. Furthermore, total glacial mass loss of studied region was estimated to be 2.570 +/- 0.327 km(3) between 1980 and 2000. Further investigation on meteorological data indicated that increases of temperature and total radiation were the primary causes of accelerated glacial melting. Reduced wind speed and slight decreases in precipitation triggered by weakening of the South Asian summer monsoon due to warming, may also have contributed to glacial shrinkage. The rate of glacial retreat in the studied region is lower than that in the southern Himalayan region, but larger than that in the Karakoram, primarily because Ayilariju glaciers were located on the margin of the Indian monsoon dominated region.
学科主题	自然地理学
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000372251000011
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/7745]
专题	青藏高原研究所_图书馆
通讯作者	Li, ZG
作者单位	1.Shangqiu Normal Univ, Environm & Planning Coll, Shangqiu 476000, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 4.Shangqiu Normal Univ, Life Sci Coll, Shangqiu 476000, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, XX ,Li, ZG,Tian, LD ,et al. Glacial evolution in the Ayilariju region, Western Himalaya, China: 1980-2011[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES,2016,75(6):460.
APA	Li, XX .,Li, ZG.,Tian, LD .,Fang, HY .,Zhang, SH .,...&Li, ZG .(2016).Glacial evolution in the Ayilariju region, Western Himalaya, China: 1980-2011.ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES,75(6),460.
MLA	Li, XX ,et al."Glacial evolution in the Ayilariju region, Western Himalaya, China: 1980-2011".ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES 75.6(2016):460.