Simulating the Evolution of Qiangtang No. 1 Glacier in the Central Tibetan Plateau to 2050

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Li, Yemeng, Tian, Lide, Yi, Yang, Moore, John C., Sun, Sainan, Zhao, Liyun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: INSTAAR 2017
• Subjects: F700 Ocean Sciences; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; F900 Others in Physical Sciences; Ela; Arctic; Arctic and Alpine Research
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47297/; https://doi.org/10.1657/AAAR0016-008; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47297/1/Simulating%20the%20Evolution%20of%20Qiangtang%20No%201%20Glacier%20in%20the%20Central%20Tibetan%20Plateau%20to%202050.pdf

Few simulations of typical Tibetan Plateau glacier response to climate warming have been made, despite the glaciers' importance as water supplies in an arid region. Here we apply a three-dimensional thermomechanically coupled full-Stokes ice dynamics model to simulate the evolution of Qingtang...