Characterizing the May 2015 Karayaylak Glacier surge in the eastern Pamir Plateau using remote sensing

• Published in: Journal of glaciology Vol. 62; no. 235; pp. 944 - 953
• Main Authors: SHANGGUAN, DONGHUI, LIU, SHIYIN, DING, YONGJIAN, GUO, WANQIN, XU, BAIQING, XU, JUNLI, JIANG, ZONGLI
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.10.2016
• Subjects: glacier surge; Karayaylak Glacier; Pamir Mountains; remote sensing; glacier surge; remote sensing; Karayaylak Glacier; Pamir Mountains

We investigate an internal surge of Karayaylak Glacier, which was reported by the media in May 2015. To differentiate the May 2015 glacier surge from other glacier advances, we surveyed changes in velocity, crevasses and glacier area using Landsat 8 OLI L1T, ZY-1-02C and Gaofen-1 images from October...