Observations of Winter Ablation on Glaciers in the Mount Everest Region in 2020–2021
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
2.1. Weather Condition Observations and Modeling
2.2. Remote Sensing Methods
3. Results
3.1. Glacier Snow Line and SCR Observations
3.2. Weather Observations
4. Discussion
4.1. Ablation Season Duration
4.2. Equilibrium Line and Snow Line Altitude
4.3. Changing Ablation Area
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Glacier | 10/21/17 | 2/10/18 | Increase 2017/2018 | 10/13/20 | 12/16/20 | 1/1/21 | 1/17/21 | Increase 2020/21 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barun | 6050 | 6100 | 50 m | 5900 | 6050 | 6050 | 6100 | 200 m |
Bhote Koshi | 5725 | 5900 | 175 | 5650 | 5850 | 5850 | 5925 | 275 |
Hunku Nup | 5625 | 5700 | 75 | 5600 | 5700 | 5700 | 5700 | 100 |
Ngozumpa | 5750 | 5900 | 150 | 5700 | 5900 | 5900 | 5950 | 250 |
Rongbuk | 5875 | 5925 | 50 | 5675 | 5850 | 5850 | 5900 | 225 |
Rongbuk, W. | 6050 | 6100 | 50 | 5900 | 6075 | 6100 | 6100 | 200 |
Rolwaling | 5775 | 5850 | 75 | 5600 | 5800 | 5800 | 5825 | 225 |
Average | 5836 | 5925 | 89 | 5718 | 5889 | 5893 | 5929 | 211 |
Start | End | Temperature | 0 °C Isotherm (m) |
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12/1/2011 | 12/7/2011 | 3.9 | 5840 |
12/1/2014 | 12/7/2014 | 3.4 | 5715 |
12/16/2016 | 12/23/2016 | 3.1 | 5718 |
1/8/2018 | 1/12/2018 | 3.5 | 5702 |
1/10/2021 | 1/15/2021 | 5.0 | 5940 |
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Pelto, M.; Panday, P.; Matthews, T.; Maurer, J.; Perry, L.B. Observations of Winter Ablation on Glaciers in the Mount Everest Region in 2020–2021. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 2692. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142692
Pelto M, Panday P, Matthews T, Maurer J, Perry LB. Observations of Winter Ablation on Glaciers in the Mount Everest Region in 2020–2021. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(14):2692. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142692
Chicago/Turabian StylePelto, Mauri, Prajjwal Panday, Tom Matthews, Jon Maurer, and L. Baker Perry. 2021. "Observations of Winter Ablation on Glaciers in the Mount Everest Region in 2020–2021" Remote Sensing 13, no. 14: 2692. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142692
APA StylePelto, M., Panday, P., Matthews, T., Maurer, J., & Perry, L. B. (2021). Observations of Winter Ablation on Glaciers in the Mount Everest Region in 2020–2021. Remote Sensing, 13(14), 2692. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142692