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

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

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...

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Main Authors: DONGHUI SHANGGUAN, SHIYIN LIU, YONGJIAN DING, WANQIN GUO, BAIQING XU, JUNLI XU, ZONGLI JIANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Glaciology
Subjects:
glacier surge
Karayaylak Glacier
Pamir Mountains
remote sensing
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0022143016000812/type/journal_article

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