CHANGES IN THE SIZE AND CONDITION OF THE GLACIERS IN KAZAKHSTAN FOR THE LAST 60 YEARS (1955–2015)

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Authors: Е. Vilesov N., Е. Вилесов Н.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: IGRAS 2018
• Subjects: ablation; accumulation; glacial runoff; glacier dynamics; inventory of glaciers; Kazakhstan; mass balance; абляция; аккумуляция; баланс массы; динамика ледников; каталог ледников; Казахстан; ледниковый сток; Union Glacier
• Online Access: https://ice-snow.igras.ru/jour/article/view/451; https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2018-2-159-170

In 1960–70s, a complete Inventory of the Kazakhstanglaciers had been prepared in the framework of the All-Union Glacier Inventory Program. All the morphometric parameters of the glaciers together with area and linear dimensions of them, and the absolute heights of characteristic points were determin...