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A new inventory of High Mountain Asia surging glaciers derived from multiple elevation datasets since the 1970s
School of Geo-science and Info-physics, Central South University,
Changsha, 410083, China
Jia Li
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Geo-science and Info-physics, Central South University,
Changsha, 410083, China
Amaury Dehecq
IRD, CNRS, Grenoble INP, IGE, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, 38000, France
Zhiwei Li
School of Geo-science and Info-physics, Central South University,
Changsha, 410083, China
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing, 100101, China
Jianjun Zhu
School of Geo-science and Info-physics, Central South University,
Changsha, 410083, China
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- Remote Sensing and Modeling of the Cryosphere in High Mountain Asia: A Multidisciplinary Review Q. Ye et al. 10.3390/rs16101709
- Surge Mechanisms of Garmo Glacier: Integrating Multi-Source Data for Insights into Acceleration and Hydrological Control K. Wu et al. 10.3390/rs16244619
- Remote-sensing characterization of surging glaciers in High Mountain Asia in the past two decades L. Ke et al. 10.3389/feart.2024.1499882
- Mapping spatial patterns of glacier elevation changes and mass balance between 2000–2023 across the Karakoram-Himalayan Range S. Bhattacharjee et al. 10.1007/s12665-025-12307-z
- Annual and Seasonal Variations in Glacier Velocity, and Surging Glaciers in the West Kunlun Mountain Z. Zhang et al. 10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3408451
- Quantifying glacier surging and associated lake dynamics in Amu Darya river basin using UAV and remote sensing data M. Safarov et al. 10.1007/s11629-023-8538-z
- A Systematic Retrospection and Reflections on Main Glacial Hazards of the Tibetan Plateau C. Gu et al. 10.3390/rs17111862
- Three-Dimensional Surface Motion Displacement Estimation of the Muz Taw Glacier, Sawir Mountains Y. Wang et al. 10.3390/rs16224326
- Glacial hazards change in Xinjiang over the past seven decades: Spatiotemporal patterns and trends M. Wang et al. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109183
- Topography and accumulation rate as controls of asynchronous surging behaviour in the eastern and western branches of the Western Kunlun Glacier, Northwestern Tibetan Plateau Y. Gao et al. 10.1080/17538947.2024.2353112
- Characteristics of Musta Glacier surges and their responses to climate change between 1976 and 2023 Y. Gao et al. 10.1016/j.accre.2024.12.007
- Mechanisms of glacier surges in the Central Himalayas uncovered using remote sensing and glacier modelling Y. Gao et al. 10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109816
- Weakening of regional contrasts in glacier changes around the Tarim Basin in the early 21st century X. Xu et al. 10.1038/s41612-025-01173-y
- Different glacier surge patterns revealed by Sentinel-2 imagery derived quasi-monthly flow velocity at west Kunlun Shan, Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Pamir G. Li et al. 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114298
- Hydrological control of the surging behaviour of the Ghujerab River Head Glacier, Karakoram (2019–2023): Insights from high-temporal-resolution remote sensing monitoring J. Mu et al. 10.1016/j.ejrh.2024.101768
- Erosional dam breach modelling for multi-glacial lake outburst process and downstream flood exposure assessment in the Eastern Himalayas A. Chowdhury et al. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132417
- Manifestations of a glacier surge in central Himalaya using multi-temporal satellite data V. Kumar et al. 10.1007/s11356-024-35679-4
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Short summary
We established a new inventory of surging glaciers across High Mountain Asia based on glacier elevation changes and morphological changes during 1970s–2020. A total of 890 surging and 336 probably or possibly surging glaciers were identified. Compared to the most recent inventory, this one incorporates 253 previously unidentified surging glaciers. Our results demonstrate a more widespread surge behavior in HMA and find that surging glaciers are prone to have steeper slopes than non-surging ones.
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