Recent glacier and lake changes in High Mountain Asia and their relation to precipitation changes

<p>We present an updated, spatially resolved estimate of 2003–2008 glacier surface elevation changes for the entire region of High Mountain Asia (HMA) from ICESat laser altimetry data. The results reveal a diverse pattern that is caused by spatially greatly varying glacier sensitivity, in part...

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Main Authors: D. Treichler, A. Kääb, N. Salzmann, C.-Y. Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2019-11-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/2977/2019/tc-13-2977-2019.pdf