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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3791-2021
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Data description paper
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06 Aug 2021
Data description paper |
| 06 Aug 2021
| 06 Aug 2021
Mass balances of Yala and Rikha Samba glaciers, Nepal, from 2000 to 2017
Independent researcher, 8184 Bachenbülach, Switzerland
ICIMOD, G.P.O. Box 3226, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal
Sharad Prasad Joshi
ICIMOD, G.P.O. Box 3226, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal
Tika Ram Gurung
ICIMOD, G.P.O. Box 3226, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal
Gunjan Silwal
ICIMOD, G.P.O. Box 3226, Kathmandu, 44600, Nepal
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3, Canada
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Short summary
Glacier mass change data are valuable as a climate indicator and help to verify simulations of glaciological and hydrological processes. Data from the Himalaya are rare; hence, we established monitoring programmes on two glaciers in the Nepal Himalaya. We measured annual mass changes on Yala and Rikha Samba glaciers from 2011 to 2017 and calculated satellite-based mass changes from 2000 to 2012 for Yala Glacier. Both glaciers are shrinking, following the general trend in the Himalayas.
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