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High Asia is a high-altitude region in Asia dominated by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is an important distribution area for snow in the middle and low latitudes. The dynamic...

Located in southeastern Tibetan Plateau, the Kangri Karpo Mountains extents about 280 km from north-west to south-east, south of Bomê County and neighboring Motuo, Zayü and Basu...

The Tanggula Mountains are located in the central part of the Tibetan Plateau (31°15′–34°45′N, 90°23′–95°52′E), are bordered by the Zulkkora Mountains to the west and by the...

The degree-day model, a widely used approach for ice and snow melt computation, rests upon a relationship between snow or ice melt and air temperature that is usually expressed...

Glacier mass balance is among the clearest natural indicators of ongoing climate change and is important for the assessment of water resources and sea-level rise. However, few...

While climate-driven glacier change significantly impacts regional water resources, particularly the hydrological cycle, glacier elevation change is a key indicator of climate...

Karayaylak Glacier (38°35′6″N–38°44′48″N, 75°7′47″E–75°22′29″E) is located in the northern slope of Jiubie Peak of Kongur Mountains, eastern Pamir, China. Its surge in May 2015...

Due to the influence of the Indian monsoon, the Kangri Karpo Mountains, located in southeast Tibet, is the most humid and maritime glacier-concentrated region on the Tibetan...