NORTHERN TIEN-SHAN
; GRIDDED PRECIPITATION DATASET
; CLIMATE-CHANGE
; TIANSHAN MOUNTAINS
; INVENTORY DATA
; DENSE NETWORK
; MASS-BALANCE
; CENTRAL-ASIA
; TEMPERATURE
; AREA
WOS学科分类:
Water Resources
WOS研究方向:
Water Resources
英文摘要:
Change in glacier area in the Kuksu and Kunes river basins, which are tributaries to the internationally important Ile River, were assessed at two different time steps between 1962/63, 1990/93, and 2010/12. Overall, glaciers lost 191.3 +/- 16.8 km(2) or 36.9 +/- 6.5% of the initial area. Glacier wastage intensified in the latter period: While in 1962/63-1990/93 glaciers were losing 0.5% a(-1), in 1990/93-2010/12, they were losing 1.2% a(-1). Streamflow of the Ile River and its tributaries do not exhibit statistically significant change during the vegetative period between May and September. Positive trends were observed in the Ile flow in autumn, winter, and early spring. By contrast, the calculation of the total runoff from the glacier surface (including snow and ice melt) using temperature-index method and runoff forming due to melting of multiyear ice estimated from changes in glacier volume at different time steps between the 1960s and 2010s, showed that their absolute values and their contribution to total river runoff declined since the 1980s. This change is attributed to a strong reduction in glacier area.
1.Nanjing Univ Informat Sci & Technol, Dept Athmospher Sci, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, Peoples R China 2.Kazakh German Univ, UNESCO Chair Integrated Water Recourses Managemen, Alma Ata 050010, Kazakhstan 3.Inst Geog, Dept Glaciol, Alma Ata 050010, Kazakhstan 4.Univ Reading, SAGES, Reading RG6 6AB, Berks, England
Recommended Citation:
Kogutenko, Larissa,Severskiy, Igor,Shahgedanova, Maria,et al. Change in the Extent of Glaciers and Glacier Runoff in the Chinese Sector of the Ile River Basin between 1962 and 2012[J]. WATER,2019-01-01,11(8)