Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling
Glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) provide an important water resource for communities downstream, and they are markedly impacted by global warming, yet there is a lack of understanding of the observed glacier mass balances and their spatial variability. In particular, the glaciers in the western...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00053192 2023-05-15T18:32:33+02:00 Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling de Kok, Remco J. Kraaijenbrink, Philip D. A. Tuinenburg, Obbe A. Bonekamp, Pleun N. J. Immerzeel, Walter W. 2020-09 electronic https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3215-2020 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00053192 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00052845/tc-14-3215-2020.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/3215/2020/tc-14-3215-2020.pdf eng eng Copernicus Publications The Cryosphere -- ˜Theœ Cryosphere -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2393169 -- http://www.the-cryosphere.net/ -- 1994-0424 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3215-2020 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00053192 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00052845/tc-14-3215-2020.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/3215/2020/tc-14-3215-2020.pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 2020 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3215-2020 2022-02-08T22:35:36Z Glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) provide an important water resource for communities downstream, and they are markedly impacted by global warming, yet there is a lack of understanding of the observed glacier mass balances and their spatial variability. In particular, the glaciers in the western Kunlun Shan and Karakoram (WKSK) ranges show neutral to positive mass balances despite global warming. Using models of the regional climate and glacier mass balance, we reproduce the observed patterns of glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia of the last decades within uncertainties. We show that low temperature sensitivities of glaciers and an increase in snowfall, for a large part caused by increases in evapotranspiration from irrigated agriculture, result in positive mass balances in the WKSK. The pattern of mass balances in High Mountain Asia can thus be understood from the combination of changes in climatic forcing and glacier properties, with an important role for irrigated agriculture. Article in Journal/Newspaper The Cryosphere Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA The Cryosphere 14 9 3215 3234 |
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Glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) provide an important water resource for communities downstream, and they are markedly impacted by global warming, yet there is a lack of understanding of the observed glacier mass balances and their spatial variability. In particular, the glaciers in the western Kunlun Shan and Karakoram (WKSK) ranges show neutral to positive mass balances despite global warming. Using models of the regional climate and glacier mass balance, we reproduce the observed patterns of glacier mass balance in High Mountain Asia of the last decades within uncertainties. We show that low temperature sensitivities of glaciers and an increase in snowfall, for a large part caused by increases in evapotranspiration from irrigated agriculture, result in positive mass balances in the WKSK. The pattern of mass balances in High Mountain Asia can thus be understood from the combination of changes in climatic forcing and glacier properties, with an important role for irrigated agriculture. |
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Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling |
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Towards understanding the pattern of glacier mass balances in High Mountain Asia using regional climatic modelling |
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