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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-847-2023
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Interdecadal glacier inventories in the Karakoram since the 1990s
Fuming Xie
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Yongpeng Gao
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Tobias Bolch
School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY19 9AL, Scotland, United Kingdom
Andreas Kääb
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0316, Norway
Shimei Duan
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Wenfei Miao
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Jianfang Kang
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
National Cryosphere Desert Data Center, Lanzhou 730000, China
Yaonan Zhang
Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
National Cryosphere Desert Data Center, Lanzhou 730000, China
Xiran Pan
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Caixia Qin
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Kunpeng Wu
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Miaomiao Qi
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Xianhe Zhang
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Ying Yi
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Fengze Han
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Xiaojun Yao
College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northwest Normal
University, Lanzhou 730070, China
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
Xin Wang
School of Resource, Environment and Safety Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China
Zongli Jiang
School of Resource, Environment and Safety Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China
Donghui Shangguan
State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Yong Zhang
School of Resource, Environment and Safety Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan, 411201, China
Richard Grünwald
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Muhammad Adnan
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Jyoti Karki
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary
Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan
University, Kunming, Yunnan 650500, China
Muhammad Saifullah
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Muhammad Nawaz Shareef
University of Agriculture, Multan, Pakistan
Data sets
Interdecadal glacier inventories in the Karakoram since the 1990s F. Xie, S. Liu, S. Duan, W. Miao, X. Pan, and C. Qin https://doi.org/10.12072/ncdc.glacier.db2386.2022
Short summary
In this study, first we generated inventories which allowed us to systematically detect glacier change patterns in the Karakoram range. We found that, by the 2020s, there were approximately 10 500 glaciers in the Karakoram mountains covering an area of 22 510.73 km2, of which ~ 10.2 % is covered by debris. During the past 30 years (from 1990 to 2020), the total glacier cover area in Karakoram remained relatively stable, with a slight increase in area of 23.5 km2.
In this study, first we generated inventories which allowed us to systematically detect glacier...
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