Spatiotemporal supraglacial pond and ice cliff changes in the Bhutan–Tibet border region from 2016 to 2018

Abstract Supraglacial ponds and ice cliffs can dramatically enhance ablation rates on debris-covered glaciers. Supraglacial ponds can also coalesce, forming moraine-dammed lakes at risk of glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF). Given Bhutanese glaciers have some of the highest ice loss rates in the Him...

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Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Taylor, Caroline Jane, Carr, Joanne Rachel, Rounce, David Robert
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2021
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.76
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143021000769