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
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews. Bell-Edwards Geographic Data Institute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Water Science and Technology; Earth-Surface Processes; 3rd-DAS; SDG 15 - Life on Land; Narrows The; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17265; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1899-2018

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...