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DOI	10.3390/w15183215
	A Review of Karakoram Glacier Anomalies in High Mountains Asia
	Li, Jiawei; Sun, Meiping; Yao, Xiaojun; Duan, Hongyu; Zhang, Cong; Wang, Shuyang; Niu, Shuting; Yan, Xin
通讯作者	Sun, MP
来源期刊	WATER
EISSN	2073-4441
出版年	2023
卷号	15 期号:18
英文摘要	Influenced by global warming, glaciers in High Mountains Asia (HMA) generally show a trend of retreat and thinning, but in Karakoram, Pamir, and West Kunlun there is a trend of glacier stabilization or even a weak advance. In this study, using a bibliometric analysis, we systematically sorted the area, mass balance, and elevation changes of the glaciers in Karakoram and summarized the glacier surges in HMA. The study shows that, since the 1970s, the glaciers in the Karakoram region have experienced a weak positive mass balance, with weakly reducing area and the increasing surface elevation. The north slope of Chogori Peak and the Keltsing River Basin presented a glacier retreat rate with a fast to slow trend. The anomaly is mainly due to low summer temperatures and heavy precipitation in winter and spring in the Karakoram region. There are a large number of surging glaciers in the Karakoram Mountains, the Pamir Plateau, and the West Kunlun region in the western part of HMA, especially in the Karakoram Mountains and the Pamir Plateau, which account for more than 70% of the number of surging glaciers in the entire HMA. The glaciers in the Karakoram and Kunlun Mountains are mainly affected by the synergistic influence of various factors, such as hydrothermal conditions, atmospheric circulation, and topography. However, the glaciers in the Pamir region are mainly influenced by the thermal mechanism of the glacier surge. The glaciers in and around Karakoram are critical to the hydrological response to climate change, and glacial meltwater is an important freshwater resource in arid and semi-arid regions of South and Central Asia, as well as in western China. Therefore, changes in the Karakoram anomaly will remain a hot research topic in the future.
英文关键词	Karakoram anomaly glacial variability surging glaciers climate and circulation
类型	Review
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001075024900001
WOS关键词	SURGE-TYPE GLACIERS ; DEBRIS-COVERED GLACIERS ; BRIEF COMMUNICATION ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; MASS BALANCES ; EASTERN PAMIR ; REGION ; HIMALAYA ; TEMPERATURE ; ELEVATION
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Water Resources
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/399072
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Jiawei,Sun, Meiping,Yao, Xiaojun,et al. A Review of Karakoram Glacier Anomalies in High Mountains Asia[J],2023,15(18).
APA	Li, Jiawei.,Sun, Meiping.,Yao, Xiaojun.,Duan, Hongyu.,Zhang, Cong.,...&Yan, Xin.(2023).A Review of Karakoram Glacier Anomalies in High Mountains Asia.WATER,15(18).
MLA	Li, Jiawei,et al."A Review of Karakoram Glacier Anomalies in High Mountains Asia".WATER 15.18(2023).