Seasonal and annual mass balances of Mera and Pokalde glaciers (Nepal Himalaya) since 2007

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: P. Wagnon, C. Vincent, Y. Arnaud, E. Berthier, E. Vuillermoz, S. Gruber, M. Ménégoz, A. Gilbert, M. Dumont, J. M. Shea, D. Stumm, B. K. Pokhrel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2013
• Subjects: envir; geo; Ela; Indian; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-7-1769-2013; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/7/1769/2013/tc-7-1769-2013.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/808ba1bcc6e44c5a99dd8ba096e07895

In the Everest region, Nepal, ground-based monitoring programmes were started on the debris-free Mera Glacier (27.7° N, 86.9° E; 5.1 km2, 6420 to 4940 m a.s.l.) in 2007 and on the small Pokalde Glacier (27.9° N, 86.8° E; 0.1 km2, 5690 to 5430 m a.s.l., ~ 25 km north of Mera Glacier) in 2009. These g...