Remote sensing derived spatial patterns of glacier mass balance in Tibet

• Main Author: Spiess, Marinka
• Other Authors: Lehmkuhl, Frank, Schneider, Christoph, Scherer, Dieter
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/550; Tibetan Plateau; snow line; Purogangri; Ulugh Muztagh; MODIS; COSIMA; imaging spectroradiometer; remote sensing; glacier mass balance; ELA; HAR; Ela; Ice cap
• Online Access: https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/668164; https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/search?p=id:%22RWTH-2016-06617%22

The climate has changed on the Tibetan Plateau. The air temperature has shown distinct increase since the 1960s, exceeding the increase in other land areas of the same latitudinal position in the Northern Hemisphere. The retreat of Tibetan glaciers in connection with climate change is of interest si...