干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Changes of High Altitude Glaciers in the Trans-Himalaya of Ladakh over the Past Five Decades (1969-2016)

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DOI	10.3390/geosciences7020027
	Changes of High Altitude Glaciers in the Trans-Himalaya of Ladakh over the Past Five Decades (1969-2016)
	Schmidt, Susanne; Nuesser, Marcus
通讯作者	Schmidt, S
来源期刊	GEOSCIENCES
EISSN	2076-3263
出版年	2017
卷号	7 期号:2
英文摘要	Climatic differences between monsoonal and cold-arid parts of the South Asian mountain arc account for the uncertainty regarding regional variations in glacier retreat. In this context, the upper Indus Basin of Ladakh, sandwiched between the Himalayan and Karakoram ranges, is of particular interest. The aims of the present study are threefold: to map the glaciers of central and eastern Ladakh, to describe their regional distribution and characteristics in relation to size and topography, and to analyze glacier changes in the selected ranges over the past five decades. The study is based on multi-temporal remote sensing data (Corona and Landsat), supported and validated by several field campaigns carried out between 2007 and 2016. A glacier inventory was carried out for the complete study area, which was subdivided into nine sub-regions for comparison. In general, the glaciers of Ladakh are characterized by their high altitude, as 91% terminate above 5200 m, and by their relatively small size, as 79% of them are smaller than 0.75 km(2) and only 4% are larger than 2 km(2). The glaciated area of central Ladakh totaled 997 km(2) with more than 1800 glaciers in 2002.
英文关键词	glacier inventory small glaciers Himalayan cryosphere Trans-Himalaya Ladakh
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Other Gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000410296200010
WOS关键词	LAND ICE MEASUREMENTS ; UPPER INDUS BASIN ; KARAKORAM GLACIERS ; WESTERN HIMALAYA ; INVENTORY ; CLIMATE ; INDIA ; RECOMMENDATIONS ; FLUCTUATIONS ; IRRIGATION
WOS类目	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/332232
作者单位	[Schmidt, Susanne; Nuesser, Marcus] Heidelberg Univ, Dept Geog, South Asia Inst, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Schmidt, Susanne,Nuesser, Marcus. Changes of High Altitude Glaciers in the Trans-Himalaya of Ladakh over the Past Five Decades (1969-2016)[J],2017,7(2).
APA	Schmidt, Susanne,&Nuesser, Marcus.(2017).Changes of High Altitude Glaciers in the Trans-Himalaya of Ladakh over the Past Five Decades (1969-2016).GEOSCIENCES,7(2).
MLA	Schmidt, Susanne,et al."Changes of High Altitude Glaciers in the Trans-Himalaya of Ladakh over the Past Five Decades (1969-2016)".GEOSCIENCES 7.2(2017).