期刊
GLOBAL AND PLANETARY CHANGE
卷 131, 期 -, 页码 148-157出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.05.013
关键词
Glacial lake inventory; Glacier-fed lakes; Third Pole; Global warming
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41301063, 41190081, 31228021, 41401082]
- Major Special Project-the China High-Resolution Earth Observation System [30-Y30B13-9003-14/16-01]
- Key Laboratory of Natural Disaster and Remote Sensing of Henan Province [201501]
No glacial lake census exists for the Third Pole region, which includes the Pamir-Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau. Therefore, comprehensive information is lacking about the distribution of and changes in glacial lakes caused by current global warming conditions. In this study, the first glacial lake inventories for the Third Pole were conducted for similar to 1990, 2000, and 2010 using Landsat TM/ETM + data. Glacial lake spatial distributions, corresponding areas and temporal changes were examined. The significant results are as follows. (1) There were 4602, 4981, and 5701 glacial lakes (> 0.003 km(2)) covering areas of 553.9 +/- 90, 581.2 +/- 97, and 682.4 +/- 110 km(2) in similar to 1990, 2000, and 2010, respectively; these lakes are primarily located in the Brahmaputra (39%), Indus (28%), and Amu Darya (10%) basins. (2) Small lakes (< 0.2 km(2)) are more sensitive to climate changes. (3) Lakes closer to glaciers and at higher altitudes, particularly those connected to glacier termini, have undergone larger area changes. (4) Glacier-fed lakes are dominant in both quantity and area (> 70%) and exhibit faster expansion trends overall compared to non-glacier-fed lakes. We conclude that glacier meltwater may play a dominant role in the areal expansion of most glacial lakes in the Third Pole. In addition, the patterns of the glacier-fed lakes correspond well with warming temperature trends and negative glacier mass balance patterns. This paper presents an important database of glacial lakes and provides a basis for long-term monitoring and evaluation of outburst flood disasters primarily caused by glacial lakes in the Third Pole. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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