Measuring glacier mass changes from space—a review

E Berthier, D Floriciou, AS Gardner… - Reports on Progress …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Glaciers distinct from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are currently losing mass
rapidly with direct and severe impacts on the habitability of some regions on Earth as glacier …

Challenges in understanding the variability of the cryosphere in the Himalaya and its impact on regional water resources

BD Vishwakarma, R Ramsankaran, MF Azam… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Himalaya plays a vital role in regulating the freshwater availability for nearly a billion
people living in the Indus, Ganga, and Brahmaputra River basins. Due to climate change …

Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from 1992 to 2020

IN Otosaka, A Shepherd, ER Ivins… - Earth System …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Ice losses from the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets have accelerated since the 1990s,
accounting for a significant increase in global mean sea level. Here, we present a new 29 …

Rapid glacier mass loss in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau since the year 2000 from satellite observations

F Zhao, D Long, X Li, Q Huang, P Han - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Maritime glaciers in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau (SETP) featuring the largest maritime
glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) have been experiencing dramatic mass loss and …

Seasonal cycles of high mountain Asia glacier surface elevation detected by ICESat‐2

Q Wang, W Sun - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract High Mountain Asia (HMA) glaciers are a key component of mountain hydrology
and their seasonal ablation contributes significantly to the annual runoff of several large river …

Glacier mass-balance estimates over High Mountain Asia from 2000 to 2021 based on ICESat-2 and NASADEM

Y Fan, CQ Ke, X Zhou, X Shen, X Yu… - Journal of Glaciology, 2023 - cambridge.org
High Mountain Asia (HMA) glaciers are critical water reserves for montane regions, which
are readily influenced by climate change. The glacier mass balance during 2000–2021 over …

Glacier mass loss between 2010 and 2020 dominated by atmospheric forcing

L Jakob, N Gourmelen - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We generate a high spatial and temporal record of ice loss across glaciers globally for the
first time from CryoSat‐2 swath interferometric radar altimetry. We show that between 2010 …

Glacier surface heatwaves over the Tibetan Plateau

W Chen, T Yao, G Zhang, RI Woolway… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP) has warmed at a rate twice the global average and
presents unique warming patterns in surface temperature changes. However, key …

Post-Little Ice Age glacial lake evolution in Svalbard: inventory of lake changes and lake types

I Wieczorek, MC Strzelecki, Ł Stachnik, JC Yde… - Journal of …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The rapid formation of glacial lakes is one of the most conspicuous landscape changes
caused by atmospheric warming in glacierised regions. However, relatively little is known …

Reconstructing GRACE-like time series of high mountain glacier mass anomalies

B Liu, X Zou, S Yi, N Sneeuw, J Li, J Cai - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
High mountain glaciers (HMGs), called the water towers of the world, are vulnerable to the
effects of climate change and thus are rapidly shrinking. Monitoring and evaluating large …