Contrasting thinning patterns between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Bhutanese Himalaya
Despite the importance of glacial lake development in ice dynamics and glacier thinning, in situ and satellite-based measurements from lake-terminating glaciers are sparse in the Bhutanese Himalaya, where a number of proglacial lakes exist. We acquired in situ and satellite-based observations across...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:6f113b681e084c579a349ea1027a3743 2023-05-15T18:32:19+02:00 Contrasting thinning patterns between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Bhutanese Himalaya S. Tsutaki K. Fujita T. Nuimura A. Sakai S. Sugiyama J. Komori P. Tshering 2019-10-01 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2733-2019 https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/2733/2019/tc-13-2733-2019.pdf https://doaj.org/article/6f113b681e084c579a349ea1027a3743 en eng Copernicus Publications doi:10.5194/tc-13-2733-2019 1994-0416 1994-0424 https://www.the-cryosphere.net/13/2733/2019/tc-13-2733-2019.pdf https://doaj.org/article/6f113b681e084c579a349ea1027a3743 undefined The Cryosphere, Vol 13, Pp 2733-2750 (2019) geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2019 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2733-2019 2023-01-22T19:28:08Z Despite the importance of glacial lake development in ice dynamics and glacier thinning, in situ and satellite-based measurements from lake-terminating glaciers are sparse in the Bhutanese Himalaya, where a number of proglacial lakes exist. We acquired in situ and satellite-based observations across lake- and land-terminating debris-covered glaciers in the Lunana region, Bhutanese Himalaya. A repeated differential global positioning system survey reveals that thickness change of the debris-covered ablation area of the lake-terminating Lugge Glacier (-4.67±0.07 m a−1) is more than 3 times more negative than that of the land-terminating Thorthormi Glacier (-1.40±0.07 m a−1) for the 2004–2011 period. The surface flow velocities decrease down-glacier along Thorthormi Glacier, whereas they increase from the upper part of the ablation area to the terminus of Lugge Glacier. Numerical experiments using a two-dimensional ice flow model demonstrate that the rapid thinning of Lugge Glacier is driven by both a negative surface mass balance and dynamically induced ice thinning. However, the thinning of Thorthormi Glacier is minimised by a longitudinally compressive flow regime. Multiple supraglacial ponds on Thorthormi Glacier have been expanding since 2000 and have merged into a single proglacial lake, with the glacier terminus detaching from its terminal moraine in 2011. Numerical experiments suggest that the thinning of Thorthormi Glacier will accelerate with continued proglacial lake development. Article in Journal/Newspaper The Cryosphere Unknown Glacial Lake ENVELOPE(-129.463,-129.463,58.259,58.259) The Cryosphere 13 10 2733 2750 |
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Despite the importance of glacial lake development in ice dynamics and glacier thinning, in situ and satellite-based measurements from lake-terminating glaciers are sparse in the Bhutanese Himalaya, where a number of proglacial lakes exist. We acquired in situ and satellite-based observations across lake- and land-terminating debris-covered glaciers in the Lunana region, Bhutanese Himalaya. A repeated differential global positioning system survey reveals that thickness change of the debris-covered ablation area of the lake-terminating Lugge Glacier (-4.67±0.07 m a−1) is more than 3 times more negative than that of the land-terminating Thorthormi Glacier (-1.40±0.07 m a−1) for the 2004–2011 period. The surface flow velocities decrease down-glacier along Thorthormi Glacier, whereas they increase from the upper part of the ablation area to the terminus of Lugge Glacier. Numerical experiments using a two-dimensional ice flow model demonstrate that the rapid thinning of Lugge Glacier is driven by both a negative surface mass balance and dynamically induced ice thinning. However, the thinning of Thorthormi Glacier is minimised by a longitudinally compressive flow regime. Multiple supraglacial ponds on Thorthormi Glacier have been expanding since 2000 and have merged into a single proglacial lake, with the glacier terminus detaching from its terminal moraine in 2011. Numerical experiments suggest that the thinning of Thorthormi Glacier will accelerate with continued proglacial lake development. |
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Contrasting thinning patterns between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Bhutanese Himalaya |
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Contrasting thinning patterns between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Bhutanese Himalaya |
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Contrasting thinning patterns between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Bhutanese Himalaya |
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Contrasting thinning patterns between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Bhutanese Himalaya |
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Contrasting thinning patterns between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Bhutanese Himalaya |
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contrasting thinning patterns between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the bhutanese himalaya |
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