Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram

Y Nie, HD Pritchard, Q Liu, T Hennig, W Wang… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Abstract Glaciers in the Himalaya–Karakoram mountain ranges harbour approximately half
of the ice volume in High-mountain Asia and modulate the flow of freshwater to almost 869 …

Rapid worldwide growth of glacial lakes since 1990

DH Shugar, A Burr, UK Haritashya, JS Kargel… - Nature climate …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Glacial lakes are rapidly growing in response to climate change and glacier retreat. The role
of these lakes as terrestrial storage for glacial meltwater is currently unknown and not …

Hydrology of debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia

KE Miles, B Hubbard, TDL Irvine-Fynn, ES Miles… - Earth-Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The hydrological characteristics of debris-covered glaciers are known to be fundamentally
different from those of clean-ice glaciers, even within the same climatological, geological …

Debris-covered glacier systems and associated glacial lake outburst flood hazards: challenges and prospects

AE Racoviteanu, L Nicholson, NF Glasser… - Journal of the …, 2022‏ - lyellcollection.org
Glaciers respond sensitively to climate variability and change, with associated impacts on
meltwater production, sea-level rise and geomorphological hazards. There is a strong …

[HTML][HTML] Optimising NDWI supraglacial pond classification on Himalayan debris-covered glaciers

CS Watson, O King, ES Miles, DJ Quincey - Remote sensing of …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The ability of medium-resolution (10–30 m) satellite imagery to delineate the size and
persistence of ponds on debris-covered glaciers is a topic of recent interest as it has become …

Surface pond energy absorption across four Himalayan glaciers accounts for 1/8 of total catchment ice loss

ES Miles, I Willis, P Buri, JF Steiner… - Geophysical …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Glaciers in High Mountain Asia, many of which exhibit surface debris, contain the
largest volume of ice outside of the polar regions. Many contain supraglacial pond networks …

[HTML][HTML] Glacial and geomorphic effects of a supraglacial lake drainage and outburst event, Everest region, Nepal Himalaya

ES Miles, CS Watson, F Brun, E Berthier… - The …, 2018‏ - tc.copernicus.org
A set of supraglacial ponds filled rapidly between April and July 2017 on Changri Shar
Glacier in the Everest region of Nepal, coalescing into a∼ 180 000 m 2 lake before sudden …

Which heterogeneous glacier melting patterns can be robustly observed from space? A multi-scale assessment in southeastern Tibetan Plateau

L Ke, C Song, B Yong, Y Lei, X Ding - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Region-wide investigation of glacier change in High Mountain Asia marked the strongest
recession in southeastern Tibetan Plateau (SETP) in recent decades. However, evident …

Investigation of the 2010 rock avalanche onto the regenerated glacier Brenndalsbreen, Norway

SH Engen, M Gjerde, T Scheiber, G Seier, H Elvehøy… - Landslides, 2024‏ - Springer
Rock avalanches onto glaciers are rare in Norway. Here, we examine a rock avalanche that
spread onto the regenerated Brenndalsbreen, an outlet glacier from Jostedalsbreen ice cap …

Retrieval of high-resolution melting-season albedo and its implications for the Karakoram Anomaly

F **e, S Liu, Y Zhu, X Qing, S Tan, Y Gao, M Qi… - Remote Sensing of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Glacial responses to climate change exhibit considerable heterogeneity. Although global
glaciers are generally thinning and retreat, glaciers in the Karakoram region are distinct in …