Glacier area shrinkage in China and its climatic background during the past half century

• Published in: Journal of geographical sciences Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 15 - 28
• Main Author: 张明军 王圣杰 李忠勤 王飞腾
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg SP Science Press 01.02.2012; Springer Nature B.V; State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences/Tianshan Glaciological Station, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS, Lanzhou 730000, China%State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences/Tianshan Glaciological Station, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, CAS, Lanzhou 730000, China; College of Geography and Environment Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China%College of Geography and Environment Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
• Subjects: Air temperature; Asia; Bgi / Prodig; China; Earth and Environmental Science; Freshwater; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography; Geography; Glaciers; Mountains; Nature Conservation; Physical Geography; Remote sensing; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry; River basins; Rivers; 中国; 伊犁河流域; 典型地区; 内陆盆地; 冰川面积; 天山山脉; 气候背景; 气象数据; China; Russia, Altay; China, People's Rep., Xinjiang, Tianshan Mts; Russia, Krasnoyarskiy, Ob R; China, People's Rep., Xinjiang, Junggar; China, People's Rep., Qinghai Prov., Qilian Mts; China, People's Rep; precipitation; 0°C isotherm height; air temperature; China; glacier area; climate change; Satellite imagery; Precipitation; Climatic change; Glacier; Climatic data; Air temperature; Glacier retreat; Space time; Inventory; Remote sensing; 0℃ isotherm height

Based on the glacier area variation records in the typical regions of China moni-tored by remote sensing, as well as the meteorological data of air temperature and precipitation from 139 stations and the 0℃ isotherm height from 28 stations, the glacier area shrinkage in China and its climatic backgr...