A new inventory of High Mountain Asia surging glaciers derived from multiple elevation datasets since the 1970s

Abstract ∼ 2.49  % (excluding glaciers smaller than 0.4 km2) and ∼ 16.59  % of the total glacier number and glacier area in HMA, respectively. Glacier surges were found in 21 of the 22 subregions of HMA (except for the Dzhungarsky Alatau); however, the density of surging glaciers is highly uneven. Glacier surges occur frequently in the northwestern subregions (e.g., Pamir and Karakoram) but less often in the peripheral subregions. The inventory further shows that surge activity is more likely to occur for glaciers with a larger area, longer length, and wider elevation range. Among glaciers with similar areas, the surging ones usually have steeper slopes than non-surging ones. The inventory and elevation change products of identified surging glaciers are available at 10.5281/zenodo.7961207 (Guo et al., 2023).

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Englisch

Bibliographic citation
A new inventory of High Mountain Asia surging glaciers derived from multiple elevation datasets since the 1970s ; volume:15 ; number:7 ; year:2023 ; pages:2841-2861 ; extent:21
Earth system science data ; 15, Heft 7 (2023), 2841-2861 (gesamt 21)

Creator
Guo, Lei
Li, Jia
Dehecq, Amaury
Li, Zhiwei
Li, Xin
Zhu, Jianjun

DOI
10.5194/essd-15-2841-2023
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023071304164601365732
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