Climate regime of Asian glaciers revealed by GAMDAM glacier inventory

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: A. Sakai, T. Nuimura, K. Fujita, S. Takenaka, H. Nagai, D. Lamsal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: geo; envir; Ela; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-865-2015; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/865/2015/tc-9-865-2015.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/fc4d925e1f134be99ec1f073f23d2435

Among meteorological elements, precipitation has a large spatial variability and less observation, particularly in high-mountain Asia, although precipitation in mountains is an important parameter for hydrological circulation. We estimated precipitation contributing to glacier mass at the median ele...