Multi-decadal mass balance series of three Kyrgyz glaciers inferred from modelling constrained with repeated snow line observations

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Barandun, Martina, Huss, Matthias, Usubaliev, Ryskul, Azisov, Erlan, Berthier, Etienne, Kääb, Andreas, Bolch, Tobias, Hoelzle, Martin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2018
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Narrows The; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1899-2018; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00005598; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00005555/tc-12-1899-2018.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/12/1899/2018/tc-12-1899-2018.pdf

Glacier surface mass balance observations in the Tien Shan and Pamir are relatively sparse and often discontinuous. Nevertheless, glaciers are one of the most important components of the high-mountain cryosphere in the region as they strongly influence water availability in the arid, continental and...