[HTML][HTML] A systematic, regional assessment of high mountain Asia glacier mass balance

DE Shean, S Bhushan, P Montesano… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
High-mountain Asia (HMA) constitutes the largest glacierized region outside of the Earth's
polar regions. Although available observations are limited, long-term records indicate …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial heterogeneity in glacier mass-balance sensitivity across High Mountain Asia

R Wang, S Liu, D Shangguan, V Radić, Y Zhang - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mass balance of glaciers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) varies substantially across the
region. While the spatial variability is attributed to differences in climatic setting and …

A spatially resolved estimate of High Mountain Asia glacier mass balances from 2000 to 2016

F Brun, E Berthier, P Wagnon, A Kääb, D Treichler - Nature geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract High Mountain Asia hosts the largest glacier concentration outside the polar
regions. These glaciers are important contributors to streamflow in one of the most …

Continuous estimates of glacier mass balance in high mountain Asia based on ICESat‐1, 2 and GRACE/GRACE follow‐on data

Q Wang, S Yi, W Sun - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Glacier melt in High Mountain Asia (HMA) is an indicator of climate change and has
a major impact on the regional hydrology and freshwater supply. We determined the recent …

Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya

G Zhang, T Bolch, T Yao, DR Rounce, W Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Long-term satellite-based observations have helped quantify glacier mass change and the
response of the hydrosphere to glacier changes. However, subaqueous mass loss …

[HTML][HTML] Glacier mass change in High Mountain Asia through 2100 using the open-source python glacier evolution model (PyGEM)

DR Rounce, R Hock, DE Shean - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Glaciers in High Mountain Asia are an important freshwater resource for large populations
living downstream who rely on runoff for hydropower, irrigation, and municipal use …

An estimate of glacier mass balance for the Chandra basin, western Himalaya, for the period 1984–2012

SA Tawde, AV Kulkarni, G Bala - Annals of Glaciology, 2017 - cambridge.org
An improved understanding of fresh water stored in the Himalaya is crucial for water
resource management in South Asia and can be inferred from glacier mass-balance …

Hot spots of glacier mass balance variability in Central Asia

M Barandun, E Pohl, K Naegeli… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Tien Shan and Pamir mountains host over 28,000 glaciers providing essential
water resources for increasing water demand in Central Asia. A disequilibrium between …

[HTML][HTML] Six decades of glacier mass changes around Mt. Everest are revealed by historical and contemporary images

O King, A Bhattacharya, S Ghuffar, A Tait, S Guilford… - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
The accurate quantification of current and past Himalayan glacier mass budgets is vital if we
are to understand the evolution of the Asian water tower, which provides water to the …

Glacier mass balance in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and its surroundings from the mid-1970s to 2000 based on Hexagon KH-9 and SRTM DEMs

Y Zhou, Z Li, J Li, R Zhao, X Ding - Remote sensing of Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
In the context of global warming, glacier changes in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) and its
surroundings have attracted a great amount of public attention. To date, there have been …