Review of the status and mass changes of Himalayan-Karakoram glaciers

• Published in: Journal of glaciology Vol. 64; no. 243; pp. 61 - 74
• Main Authors: AZAM, MOHD FAROOQ, WAGNON, PATRICK, BERTHIER, ETIENNE, VINCENT, CHRISTIAN, FUJITA, KOJI, KARGEL, JEFFREY S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.02.2018; International Glaciological Society
• Subjects: Albedo; Climate change; Cryosphere; Debris; Earth Sciences; Geodetic measurements; Glacial drift; Glacial lakes; glacier fluctuations; glacier hydrology; Glacier melting; glacier monitoring; Glaciers; Glaciohydrology; Hydrology; Ice; Mass; Mass budget; mountain glaciers; Oceanography; Precipitation; Radiation; Radiation balance; Remote sensing; Runoff; Sciences of the Universe; Short wave radiation; Summer; Wind; Winter; France; Karakoram Range; United States > US; Switzerland; Nepal; India; glacier hydrology; glacier fluctuations; glacier monitoring; mountain glaciers; climate change

We present a comprehensive review of the status and changes in glacier length (since the 1850s), area and mass (since the 1960s) along the Himalayan-Karakoram (HK) region and their climate-change context. A quantitative reliability classification of the field-based mass-balance series is developed....