Stagnation and mass loss on a Himalayan debris-covered glacier: processes, patterns and rates

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: SARAH THOMPSON, DOUGLAS I. BENN, JORDAN MERTES, ADRIAN LUCKMAN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2016
• Subjects: debris-covered glaciers; glacier hazards; glacier mass balance; moraine; remote sensing; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Dammed Lake; Rapid Lake; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.37; https://doaj.org/article/fc509d902cb448caad18c6dd130f2c81

The ablation areas of debris-covered glaciers typically consist of a complex mosaic of surface features with contrasting processes and rates of mass loss. This greatly complicates glacier response to climate change, and increases the uncertainty of predictive models. In this paper we present a serie...