Monitoring glacier thinning rate in Rongbuk Catchment on the northern slope of Mt. Qomolangma from 1974 to 2021

Glacier melting in the Himalayas provides indispensable water resources for downstream inhabitants. Glacier mass balance (MB) studies have important implications for hazard management of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). However, Himalayan glacier MB results vary considerably among different stu...

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Published in:	Ecological Indicators
Main Authors:	Qinghua Ye, Xueqin Zhang, Yuzhe Wang, Zhen Zhang, Yafan Hu, Liping Zhu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-11-01
Subjects:	Mt. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest) Rongbuk catchment (RC) Digital elevation model (DEM) Glacier surface elevation difference (Dh) Glacier geodetic mass balance(MB) Remote sensing
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X22008913