globalchange  > 全球变化的国际研究计划
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.006
论文题名:
Glacier volume and area change by 2050 in high mountain Asia
作者: Zhao L.; Ding R.; Moore J.C.
ISSN: 0921-8423
出版年: 2014
卷: 122
起始页码: 197
结束页码: 207
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Climate impacts ; Cryosphere ; Regional climate model ; Statistical modeling ; Tibet
Scopus关键词: Climate impacts ; Cryosphere ; Regional climate modeling ; Statistical modeling ; Tibet ; climate effect ; climate modeling ; equilibrium line ; glacier ; mass balance ; mountain region ; parameterization ; regional climate ; satellite data ; sea level change ; Shuttle Radar Topography Mission ; statistical analysis ; volume change ; Himalayas ; Karakoram
英文摘要: We estimate individual area and volume change by 2050 of all 67,028 glaciers, with a total area of 122,969km2, delineated in the Randolph Glacier Inventory 2.0 of high mountain Asia (HMA). We used the 25km resolution regional climate model RegCM 3.0 temperature and precipitation change projections forced by the IPCC A1B scenario. Glacier simulations were based on a novel surface mass balance-altitude parameterization fitted to observational data, and various volume-area scaling approaches using Shuttle Radar Topography Mission surface topography of each individual glacier. We generate mass balance-altitude relations for all the glaciers by region using nearest available glacier measurements. Equilibrium line altitude (ELA) sensitivities to temperature and precipitation change vary by region based on the relative importance of sublimation and melting processes. We also made simulations with mass balance tuned to match satellite observations of glacier thickness changes in HMA from 2003 to 2009. Net mass loss is half as much using the tuned model than using just glaciological calibration data, suggesting the representativity of benchmark glaciers is a larger source of uncertainty in future HMA contributions to sea level rise than errors in glacier inventories or volume-area scaling. Both models predict that about 35% of the glaciers in Karakoram and the northwestern Himalaya are advancing, which is consistent with the observed slight mass gain of glaciers in these regions in recent years. However, we find that 76% of all the glaciers will retreat, most of which are of the maritime type. We project total glacier area loss in high mountain Asia in 2050 to be 22% (in the tuned model) or 35% (un-tuned) of their extent in 2000, and they will contribute 5mm (tuned model) to global sea level rise. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84907519512&doi=10.1016%2fj.gloplacha.2014.08.006&partnerID=40&md5=5b5df1b43db9a98d05c8e83c3019d18f
Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/11329
Appears in Collections:全球变化的国际研究计划

Files in This Item:

There are no files associated with this item.


作者单位: College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekou Wai St., Beijing, China

Recommended Citation:
Zhao L.,Ding R.,Moore J.C.. Glacier volume and area change by 2050 in high mountain Asia[J],2014-01-01,122.
Service
Recommend this item
Sava as my favorate item
Show this item's statistics
Export Endnote File
Google Scholar
Similar articles in Google Scholar
[Zhao L.]'s Articles
[Ding R.]'s Articles
[Moore J.C.]'s Articles
百度学术
Similar articles in Baidu Scholar
[Zhao L.]'s Articles
[Ding R.]'s Articles
[Moore J.C.]'s Articles
CSDL cross search
Similar articles in CSDL Cross Search
[Zhao L.]‘s Articles
[Ding R.]‘s Articles
[Moore J.C.]‘s Articles
Related Copyright Policies
Null
收藏/分享
所有评论 (0)
暂无评论
 

Items in IR are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.