Glacier changes from 1966–2009 in the Gongga Mountains, on the south-eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and their climatic forcing
In order to monitor the changes of the glaciers in the Gongga Mountain region on the south-eastern margin of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, 74 monsoonal temperate glaciers were investigated by comparing the Chinese Glacier Inventory (CGI), recorded in the 1960s, with Landsat MSS in 1974, Landsat TM in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-10-01
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Series: | The Cryosphere |
Online Access: | http://www.the-cryosphere.net/6/1087/2012/tc-6-1087-2012.pdf |