Glacier elevation changes in the western Nyainqentanglha Range of the Tibetan Plateau as observed by TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X images | |
Zhang, QB (Zhang, Qibing)1,2; Zhang, GS (Zhang, Guoshuai)3; Zhang, QB | |
Source Publication | REMOTE SENSING LETTERS
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2017 | |
Volume | 8Issue:12Pages:1142-1151 |
DOI | 10.1080/2150704X.2017.1362123 |
Abstract | Global warming greatly affects glacier retreat, which in turn influences local water resources and sea level altitudes. We used Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) images to extract glacier outlines in thewestern Nyainqentanglha Range, then used TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X images and SRTM-C DEM to calculate changes in glacier elevation using a differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR) approach. The decreasing rate of glacier elevation in the western Nyainqentanglha Range was-0.30 +/- 0.07 m per year (m yr(-1)) from 2000 to 2014. The annual thinning rate of the northern slope (-0.46 +/- 0.07 m yr(-1)) was faster than that of the southern slope (-0.24 +/- 0.07 m yr(-1)). We investigated two exemplary glacier sites in details: Zhadang glacier on the northern slope and Gurenhekou glacier on the southern slope. The annual elevation change of 39 points on Zhadang glacier calculated by the DInSAR and Real Time Kinematic Global Position System (RTK-GPS) seperately have a correlation coefficient of 0.88. The mass balance change of Gurenhekou glacier is -0.21 +/- 0.06 m water equivalent per year (m w.e. yr(-1)) from DInSAR, which is similar to the value of -0.31 m w.e. yr(-1) determined via stakes and snow pits from 2005 to 2010. |
Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
WOS ID | WOS:000418563800005 |
Language | 英语 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Keyword | CLIMATE-CHANGE TANDEM-X SAR INTERFEROMETRY MASS-BALANCE REGION LAKE INVENTORY HIMALAYA BASIN AREA |
WOS Research Area | Remote Sensing; Imaging Science & Photographic Technology |
WOS Subject | Remote Sensing; Imaging Science & Photographic Technology ; Remote Sensing; Imaging Science & Photographic Technology |
Cooperation Status | 国内 |
Subtype | Article |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.itpcas.ac.cn/handle/131C11/8371 |
Collection | 图书馆 |
Corresponding Author | Zhang, QB |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, State Key Lab Cryospher Sci, Lanzhou, Gansu, Peoples R China. 2.Hunan Univ Arts & Sci, Coll Resource Environm & Tourism, Changde, Peoples R China. 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Key Lab Tibetan Environm Changes & Land Surface P, Beijing, Peoples R China. |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, QB ,Zhang, GS ,Zhang, QB. Glacier elevation changes in the western Nyainqentanglha Range of the Tibetan Plateau as observed by TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X images[J]. REMOTE SENSING LETTERS,2017,8(12):1142-1151. |
APA | Zhang, QB ,Zhang, GS ,&Zhang, QB.(2017).Glacier elevation changes in the western Nyainqentanglha Range of the Tibetan Plateau as observed by TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X images.REMOTE SENSING LETTERS,8(12),1142-1151. |
MLA | Zhang, QB ,et al."Glacier elevation changes in the western Nyainqentanglha Range of the Tibetan Plateau as observed by TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X images".REMOTE SENSING LETTERS 8.12(2017):1142-1151. |
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