The Northeast Asia mountain glaciers in the near future by AOGCM scenarios
We studied contrasting glacier systems in continental (Orulgan, Suntar-Khayata and Chersky) mountain ranges, located in the region of the lowest temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere at the boundary of Atlantic and Pacific influences – and maritime ones (Kamchatka Peninsula) – under Pacific influe...
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ftcopernicus:oai:publications.copernicus.org:tc7273 2023-05-15T15:54:03+02:00 The Northeast Asia mountain glaciers in the near future by AOGCM scenarios Ananicheva, M. D. Krenke, A. N. Barry, R. G. 2018-09-27 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-4-435-2010 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/4/435/2010/ eng eng doi:10.5194/tc-4-435-2010 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/4/435/2010/ eISSN: 1994-0424 Text 2018 ftcopernicus https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-4-435-2010 2020-07-20T16:26:19Z We studied contrasting glacier systems in continental (Orulgan, Suntar-Khayata and Chersky) mountain ranges, located in the region of the lowest temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere at the boundary of Atlantic and Pacific influences – and maritime ones (Kamchatka Peninsula) – under Pacific influence. Our purpose is to present a simple projection method to assess the main parameters of these glacier regions under climate change. To achieve this, constructed vertical profiles of mass balance (accumulation and ablation) based both on meteorological data for the 1950–1990s (baseline period) and ECHAM4 for 2049–2060 (projected period) are used, the latter – as a climatic scenario. The observations and scenarios were used to define the recent and future equilibrium line altitude and glacier terminus altitude level for each glacier system as well as areas and balance components. The altitudinal distributions of ice areas were determined for present and future, and they were used for prediction of glacier extent versus altitude in the system taking into account the correlation between the ELA and glacier-terminus level change. We tested two hypotheses of ice distribution versus altitude in mountain (valley) glaciers – "linear" and "non-linear". The results are estimates of the possible changes of the areas and morphological structure of northeastern Asia glacier systems and their mass balance characteristics for 2049–2060. Glaciers in the southern parts of northeastern Siberia and those covering small ranges in Kamchatka will likely disappear under the ECHAM4 scenario; the best preservation of glaciers will be on the highest volcanic peaks of Kamchatka. Finally, we compare characteristics of the stability of continental and maritime glacier systems under global warming. Text Chersky Kamchatka Kamchatka Peninsula Siberia Copernicus Publications: E-Journals Ela ENVELOPE(9.642,9.642,63.170,63.170) Kamchatka Peninsula ENVELOPE(160.000,160.000,56.000,56.000) Pacific Suntar ENVELOPE(141.502,141.502,63.318,63.318) The Cryosphere 4 4 435 445 |
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We studied contrasting glacier systems in continental (Orulgan, Suntar-Khayata and Chersky) mountain ranges, located in the region of the lowest temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere at the boundary of Atlantic and Pacific influences – and maritime ones (Kamchatka Peninsula) – under Pacific influence. Our purpose is to present a simple projection method to assess the main parameters of these glacier regions under climate change. To achieve this, constructed vertical profiles of mass balance (accumulation and ablation) based both on meteorological data for the 1950–1990s (baseline period) and ECHAM4 for 2049–2060 (projected period) are used, the latter – as a climatic scenario. The observations and scenarios were used to define the recent and future equilibrium line altitude and glacier terminus altitude level for each glacier system as well as areas and balance components. The altitudinal distributions of ice areas were determined for present and future, and they were used for prediction of glacier extent versus altitude in the system taking into account the correlation between the ELA and glacier-terminus level change. We tested two hypotheses of ice distribution versus altitude in mountain (valley) glaciers – "linear" and "non-linear". The results are estimates of the possible changes of the areas and morphological structure of northeastern Asia glacier systems and their mass balance characteristics for 2049–2060. Glaciers in the southern parts of northeastern Siberia and those covering small ranges in Kamchatka will likely disappear under the ECHAM4 scenario; the best preservation of glaciers will be on the highest volcanic peaks of Kamchatka. Finally, we compare characteristics of the stability of continental and maritime glacier systems under global warming. |
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The Northeast Asia mountain glaciers in the near future by AOGCM scenarios |
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The Northeast Asia mountain glaciers in the near future by AOGCM scenarios |
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The Northeast Asia mountain glaciers in the near future by AOGCM scenarios |
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The Northeast Asia mountain glaciers in the near future by AOGCM scenarios |
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