Acceleration of ice loss across the Himalayas over the past 40 years
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INTRODUCTION
RESULTS
Glacier mass changes
Comparison of clean-ice, debris-covered, and lake-terminating glaciers
1975–2000 | 2000–2016 | 1975–2016 | |
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All glaciers | −0.22 ± 0.13 | −0.43 ± 0.14 | −0.31 ± 0.13 |
Clean-ice | −0.19 ± 0.07 | −0.38 ± 0.08 | −0.27 ± 0.07 |
Debris-covered | −0.24 ± 0.06 | −0.44 ± 0.08 | −0.32 ± 0.06 |
Lake-terminating | −0.33 ± 0.07 | −0.56 ± 0.08 | −0.40 ± 0.07 |
Approximation of required temperature change
DISCUSSION
Implications for dominant drivers of glacier change in the Himalayas
Debris-covered glaciers
Comparison with previous studies in the Himalayas
Comparison with benchmark mid-latitude glaciers and global average
Conclusion
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Hexagon
ASTER
Glacier polygons
Trend fitting of multitemporal DEM stacks
Mass changes
Uncertainty assessment
Sensitivity of region-wide glacier mass change estimates
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