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Climate change and glacier area variations in China during the past half century

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Glacier variations in the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountain ranges in China affect the livelihood of over one billion people who depend on water from the Yellow,Yangtze,Brahmaputra,Ganges and Indus rivers originating in these areas.Based on the results of the present study and published literature,we found that the glaciers shrank 15.7% in area from 1963 to 2010 with an annual area change of -0.33%.The shrinkage generally decreased from peripheral mountain ranges to the interior of Tibet.The linear trends of annual air temperature and precipitation at 147 stations were 0.36℃ (10a)-1 and 8.96 mm (10a)-1 respectively from 1961 to 2010.The shrinkage of glaciers was well correlated with the rising temperature and the spatial patterns of the shrinkage were influenced by other factors superimposed on the rising temperature such as glacier size,type,elevation,debris cover and precipitation.

Glacier areaClimate changeAir temperaturePrecipitationChina

TIAN Hong-zhen、YANG Tai-bao、LV Hui、LI Cheng-xiu、HE Ying-bin

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School of Management,Tianjin Polytechnic University,Tianjin 300387,China

Institute of Glaciology and Ecogeography,College of Earth and Environmental Sciences,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000,China

Remote Sensing Laboratories,Department of Geography,University of Zurich,Zurich 8004,Switzerland

Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100081,China

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This work was supported by the National Science Foundation of ChinaThis work was supported by the National Science Foundation of ChinaCAAS Project Innovation (2016-2020),IARRP (2016-637-1) and Tianjin Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project

4087105741271024TJGL15-028

2016

山地科学学报(英文版)
中国科学院水利部成都山地灾害与环境研究所

山地科学学报(英文版)

CSTPCDCSCDSCI
影响因子:0.228
ISSN:1672-6316
年,卷(期):2016.13(8)
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