Glacier mass balance in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and its surroundings from the mid-1970s to 2000 based on Hexagon KH-9 and SRTM DEMs

• Published in: Remote sensing of environment Vol. 210; pp. 96 - 112
• Main Authors: Zhou, Yushan, Li, Zhiwei, Li, Jia, Zhao, Rong, Ding, Xiaoli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.06.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: China; Climate change; Digital Elevation Models; Digital imaging; Geodetic method; Geodetics; Glacier mass balance; Glaciers; Global warming; Himalayan region; KH-9 images; Mass balance models; Mass balance of glaciers; Mountains; Qinghai–Tibet Plateau; Radar; Radar imaging; remote sensing; SRTM DEM; Topography; Tibet; Tibetan Plateau; Himalayan region; China; Qinghai–Tibet Plateau; SRTM DEM; Glacier mass balance; Geodetic method; KH-9 images

In the context of global warming, glacier changes in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (QTP) and its surroundings have attracted a great amount of public attention. To date, there have been many studies of glacier mass balance across the QTP. However, given that most of the previous studies have focused on...