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Interactions between Glacier and Climate Change

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (3 April 2023) | Viewed by 5134

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Dr. Weijun Sun

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College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
Interests: model simulation; mass balance reconstruction; risk assessment on glacial hazards

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

As an indicator, glaciers are sensitive to climate change. The interaction mechanism between glaciers and climate change has always been the focus and hot issue of cryospheric science. The Special Report on the Oceans and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC) released by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reports that the accelerated melting of most glaciers in high-altitude areas and polar regions has changed the frequency and intensity of cryospheric hazards, seriously threatening the security of global water resources, ecosystems and socioeconomics. In order to deepen our understanding of glacier–climate change interactions and improve the predictability of climate change, new in situ measured datasets, the development of new models and further insights are needed, which can provide theoretical support for policy makers.

This Special Issue mainly focuses on glacier change trends and their driving mechanisms in different regions, and the feedback of glaciers to climate change. The papers in this Special Issue are expected to strengthen our understanding of glacier–climate change interactions. Submissions in, but not limited to, the following research areas are welcomed:

  1. Accuracy and suitability assessment of remote sensing and reanalysis datasets, and new downscaling methods in glacier regions;
  2. Simulation and reconstruction of glacier mass balance based on long-term measured datasets;
  3. Impact of compound extreme weather events on glacier changes;
  4. Differences in glacier changes in different regions and their driving mechanisms under different shared socioeconomic pathways;
  5. Risk assessment of glacial hazards under different warming thresholds;
  6. Feedback effect of glacier change on climate change;
  7. Physical process of interactions between glaciers and the atmosphere.

Dr. Weijun Sun
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • measured datasets
  • climate change
  • mass balance
  • model simulation
  • cryospheric hazards
  • reanalysis datasets
  • multispherical interactions
  • Arctic
  • Antarctic
  • Tibetan Plateau

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Future Projection of Extreme Precipitation Indices over the Qilian Mountains under Global Warming
by Yanzhao Li, Xiang Qin, Zizhen Jin and Yushuo Liu
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 4961; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064961 - 11 Mar 2023
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The Qilian Mountains are a climate-sensitive area in northwest China, and extreme precipitation events have an important impact on its ecological environment. Therefore, considering the global warming scenario, it is highly important to project the extreme precipitation indices over the Qilian Mountains in [...] Read more.
The Qilian Mountains are a climate-sensitive area in northwest China, and extreme precipitation events have an important impact on its ecological environment. Therefore, considering the global warming scenario, it is highly important to project the extreme precipitation indices over the Qilian Mountains in the future. This study is based on three CMIP6 models (CESM2, EC-Earth3, and KACE-1-0-G). A bias correction algorithm (QDM) was used to correct the precipitation outputs of the models. The eight extreme precipitation indices over the Qilian Mountains during the historical period and in the future were calculated using meteorological software (ClimPACT2), and the performance of the CMIP6 models to simulate the extreme precipitation indices of the Qilian Mountains in the historical period was evaluated. Results revealed that: (1) The corrected CMIP6 models could simulate the changes in extreme precipitation indices over the Qilian Mountains in the historical period relatively well, and the corrected CESM2 displayed better simulation as compared to the other two CMIP6 models. The CMIP6 models performed well while simulating R10mm (CC is higher than 0.71) and PRCPTOT (CC is higher than 0.84). (2) The changes in the eight extreme precipitation indices were greater with the enhancement of the SSP scenario. The growth rate of precipitation in the Qilian Mountains during the 21st century under SSP585 is significantly higher than the other two SSP scenarios. The increment of precipitation in the Qilian Mountains mainly comes from the increase in heavy precipitation. (3) The Qilian Mountains will become wetter in the 21st century, especially in the central and eastern regions. The largest increase in precipitation intensity will be observed in the western Qilian Mountains. Additionally, total precipitation will also increase in the middle and end of the 21st century under SSP585. Furthermore, the precipitation increment of the Qilian Mountains will increase with the altitude in the middle and end of the 21st century. This study aims to provide a reference for the changes in extreme precipitation events, glacier mass balance, and water resources in the Qilian Mountains during the 21st century. Full article
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Cirques of the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau and Their Links to Climatic and Non-Climatic Factors
by Shengxian Li, Qian Zhang and Jiahan Wang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(20), 13104; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013104 - 12 Oct 2022
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Cirque morphology is used to reflect the patterns of paleoclimate, paleoglaciation, and landscape evolution. Cirque study has been conducted in the Gangdise Mountains of the southern Tibetan Plateau (TP) and the central TP (dominated by a weak Indian summer monsoon (ISM) or a [...] Read more.
Cirque morphology is used to reflect the patterns of paleoclimate, paleoglaciation, and landscape evolution. Cirque study has been conducted in the Gangdise Mountains of the southern Tibetan Plateau (TP) and the central TP (dominated by a weak Indian summer monsoon (ISM) or a continental climate). This study focused on the cirques in the southeastern TP, which is dominated by a strong ISM, to analyse the controlling factors on cirque morphology. A total of 361 cirques were mapped in the Taniantaweng Range of the southeastern TP, and their metrics were calculated. The results showed that the cirque sizes increased with temperature and decreased with precipitation, which may be due to the development of valley-type glaciers and the effect of non-climatic factors. The cirques tended to face NE, implying that they prefer leeward slopes, and they were under the ‘morning–afternoon’ effect. With altitude, the tendency of the cirque aspect shifted from N to SE, and the cirque size decreased. The former may indicate the ability of the high altitude to support cirque development on climatically unfavourable slopes; the latter may be due to the development of valley-type glaciers or insufficient space for cirque development. The cirque size and shape did not show statistical differences between aspects. The cirques on soft bedrocks had larger heights than those on hard bedrocks, indicating that soft bedrocks promote subglacial erosion. A comparison with the results of the western, central, and eastern sectors of the Gangdise Mountains and the central TP reveals that the strength of the ISM did not necessarily increase the cirque density but limited the cirque size on a regional scale. The CFA did not show a reverse relationship with precipitation, but it showed a positive correlation with the cirque Zmean, which implies that the CFA was greatly affected by altitude, and its distribution does not always reflect paleoclimatic patterns. Full article
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