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Passive microwave remote sensing data of snow water equivalent in High Asia
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... -
A dataset of glacier distribution and glacier changes in the Kangri Karpo Mou...
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... -
A dataset of microwave brightness temperature and freeze-thaw for medium-to-l...
High Asia is a region dotted with lakes, sensitive to changes that are occurring in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere. It is thus a focus for researchers. Due to... -
Daily fractional snow cover dataset over High Mountain Asia
High Mountain Asia is an Asian high altitude area with the Tibetan Plateau as the main area and is also an important distribution area of low and middle latitude mountain snow.... -
Snow and ice melt onset time of High Mountain Asia (1979-2018)
High Asia is very sensitive to climate change and is a hot area of global change research. The changes in temperature and precipitation will be reflected in the freezing and... -
A dataset of glaciers in the Tanggula Mountains in 1991 and 2015
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... -
A dataset of spatial distribution of degree-day factors for glaciers in High ...
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... -
Phenological metrics dataset, land cover types map for the Tibetan Plateau an...
With abundant types and large coverage of alpine vegetation, the Tibetan Plateau has been a hot region for researches on the spatial distribution and phenological changes of... -
A dataset of glacier mass balance of Hailuogou catchment in Mount Gongga, sou...
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... -
A dataset of glacier elevation change in Muztag Ata and Kongur Tagh from 1971...
While climate-driven glacier change significantly impacts regional water resources, particularly the hydrological cycle, glacier elevation change is a key indicator of climate... -
A dataset of lake level changes in High Mountain Asia using multi-altimeter data
Lake water levels are important indicators of global environmental changes and dynamics of water resources. High Mountain Asia is a region dotted with lakes, and monitoring lake... -
Antarctican and Greenland Ice sheet snowmelt extent
Microwave radiometer and microwave scatterometer are used to obtain the freezing and thawing data of the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets. The coverage time of microwave... -
Dataset of the May 2015 Karayaylak Glacier surge in eastern Pamir
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... -
A dataset of glacier elevation changes in the Kangri Karpo Mountains during 1...
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...
