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Titel |
Tree-ring-inferred glacier mass balance variation in southeastern Tibetan Plateau and its linkage with climate variability |
VerfasserIn |
J. Duan, L. Wang, L. Li, Y. Sun |
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Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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ISSN |
1814-9324
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Erschienen |
In: Climate of the Past ; 9, no. 6 ; Nr. 9, no. 6 (2013-11-04), S.2451-2458 |
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250085253
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/cp-9-2451-2013.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
A large number of glaciers in the Tibetan Plateau (TP) have experienced
wastage in recent decades. And the wastage is different from region to
region, even from glacier to glacier. A better understanding of long-term
glacier variations and their linkage with climate variability requires
extending the presently observed records. Here we present the first
tree-ring-based glacier mass balance (MB) reconstruction in the TP, performed
at the Hailuogou Glacier in southeastern TP during 1868–2007. The
reconstructed MB is characterized mainly by ablation over the past 140 yr,
and typical melting periods occurred in 1910s–1920s, 1930s–1960s,
1970s–1980s, and the last 20 yr. After the 1900s, only a few short
periods (i.e., 1920s–1930s, the 1960s and the late 1980s) were characterized
by accumulation. These variations can be validated by the terminus retreat
velocity of Hailuogou Glacier and the ice-core accumulation rate in Guliya
and respond well to regional and Northern Hemisphere temperature anomaly. In
addition, the reconstructed MB is significantly and negatively correlated
with August–September all-India monsoon rainfall (AIR) (r1871-2008 =
−0.342, p < 0.0001). These results suggest that temperature variability is
the dominant factor for the long-term MB variation at the Hailuogou Glacier.
Indian summer monsoon precipitation does not affect the MB variation, yet the
significant negative correlation between the MB and the AIR implies the
positive effect of summer heating of the TP on Indian summer monsoon
precipitation. |
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