Contrasting thinning patterns between lake- and land-terminating glaciers in the Bhutanese Himalaya

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: S. Tsutaki, K. Fujita, T. Nuimura, A. Sakai, S. Sugiyama, J. Komori, P. Tshering
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: geo; envir; Glacial Lake; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: 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

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...