Glacier snowline altitude variations in the Pamirs, Tajikistan, 1998-2013: insights from remote sensing images | |
Zhang, QB (Zhang, Qibing)1,2; Kang, SC (Kang, Shichang)2,3; Zhang, QB | |
Source Publication | REMOTE SENSING LETTERS
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2017 | |
Volume | 8Issue:12Pages:1220-1229 |
DOI | 10.1080/2150704X.2017.1375611 |
Abstract | Snowline altitude (SLA) variations can reflect glacier changes. The glacier SLAs in the Pamirs of Tajikistan were investigated using Landsat, ASTER and ALOS images acquired at the end of the ablation season and the method of visual interpretation. The average SLA in the western Pamirs was 4355 +/- 134 m above sea level (a.s.l) from 1998 to 2013, while it was 5050 +/- 35 m a.s.l in the eastern Pamirs, SLAs in the eastern Pamirs were higher than those in the western Pamirs. From 1998 to 2013, the SLA rose by 0.3 m per year (m year(-1)) in the western Pamirs but descended by 5.1 m year(-1) in the eastern Pamirs. Glaciers in the Pamirs were stable or advancing, which is consistent with the Pamir-Karakoram anomaly. |
Subject Area | 自然地理学 |
WOS ID | WOS:000418563800013 |
Language | 英语 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Keyword | EQUILIBRIUM-LINE ALTITUDE LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER MASS-BALANCE SOUTHERN PATAGONIA SAR IMAGERY HIMALAYA PERU ALPS ELA |
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/131C11/8372 |
Collection | 图书馆 |
Corresponding Author | Zhang, QB |
Affiliation | 1.Hunan Univ Arts & Sci, Coll Resource Environm & Tourism, Changde, Hunan, Peoples R China. 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Northwest Inst Ecoenvironm & Resources, State Key Lab Cryospher Sci, Lanzhou, Gansu, 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 ,Kang, SC ,Zhang, QB. Glacier snowline altitude variations in the Pamirs, Tajikistan, 1998-2013: insights from remote sensing images[J]. REMOTE SENSING LETTERS,2017,8(12):1220-1229. |
APA | Zhang, QB ,Kang, SC ,&Zhang, QB.(2017).Glacier snowline altitude variations in the Pamirs, Tajikistan, 1998-2013: insights from remote sensing images.REMOTE SENSING LETTERS,8(12),1220-1229. |
MLA | Zhang, QB ,et al."Glacier snowline altitude variations in the Pamirs, Tajikistan, 1998-2013: insights from remote sensing images".REMOTE SENSING LETTERS 8.12(2017):1220-1229. |
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