The direct glaciological method provides in situ observations of annual or seasonal surface
mass balance, but can only be implemented through a succession of intensive in situ …

This study deploys RTK-GNSS in 2012, TLS in 2015 and UAV in 2018 to monitor the
changes of Urumqi Glacier No. 1 (UG1), eastern Tien Shan, and analyzes the feasibility of …

Glaciers are vital to water resources in the arid land of central Asia. Long-term runoff records
in the glacierized area are particularly valuable in terms of evaluating glacier recession and …

In this study, energy and mass balance is quantified using an energy balance model to
represent the glacier melt of Urumqi Glacier No. 1, Chinese Tian Shan. Based on data from …

Glacier mass balance can be regarded as a major direct index of climate variations. In this
paper, a geodetic method was used to evaluate the mass balance of Sawir glaciers based …

For summer-accumulation-type glaciers, the glaciological literature is lacking studies on
determining the snow line altitude (SLA) from optical images at the end of the summer as an …

Accurate estimates of regional and global glacier mass require many field-based sample
measurements that are widely distributed across an area of interest. The Sawir Mountains …

Study region The headwaters of Urumqi River basin located in eastern Tien Shan Study
focus Glacier shrinkage in recent decades has caused the volume and timing of glacier-fed …

Glaciers are crucial sources of freshwater in particular for the arid lowlands surrounding
High Mountain Asia. To better constrain glacio-hydrological models, annual, or even better …

Glacier mass balance can visually indicate the degree of glacier response to climate
change. The mountain glaciers are an essential source of recharge for rivers in arid regions …