Recent glacier mass balance and area changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountains from DEMs and glacier inventories

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: K. Wu, S. Liu, Z. Jiang, J. Xu, J. Wei, W. Guo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Glacial Lake; Indian; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-103-2018; https://doaj.org/article/363b43dc0ab9447da514d0af63c58384

Due to the influence of the Indian monsoon, the Kangri Karpo Mountains in the south-east of the Tibetan Plateau is in the most humid and one of the most important and concentrated regions containing maritime (temperate) glaciers. Glacier mass loss in the Kangri Karpo is an important contributor to g...