Mass balance observations and reconstruction for Batysh Sook Glacier, Tien Shan, from 2004 to 2016

Kenzhebaev, Ruslan; Barandun, Martina; Kronenberg, Marlene; Chen, Yaning; Usubaliev, Ryskul; Hoelzle, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.coldregions.2016.12.007

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“…The methodology that has been presented already in different studies (e.g. Barandun et al, 2015;Kronenberg et al, 2016;Kenzhebaev et al, 2017) is shortly summarised hereafter.…”

Section: Establishing Multi-decadal Mass Balance Seriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…419 in earlier studies; WGMS, 1993;Hagg et al, 2013;Kenzhebaev et al, 2017) is located in the Sook range in the central Tien Shan in Kyrgyzstan. The range is comprised of 44 glaciers with a total area of 30.9 km 2 and volume of 1.2 km 3 in 2007 .…”

Section: Batysh Sook Glacier Kyrgyzstanmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Martinec and Rango, 1981;Schaper et al, 1999). Repeated snow line observations during the ablation period are also used for mass balance model validation (Kenzhebaev et al, 2017;Barandun et al, 2015;Kronenberg et al, 2016).…”

Section: Snow Line Observationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A reconstruction of past mass balances for the period 2004 to 2010 was performed by Kenzhebaev et al (2017) using a calibrated distributed temperature index mass balance model. For the reconstructed period an average annual mass balance of −0.39 ± 0.26 m w.e.…”

Section: Batysh Sook Glacier Kyrgyzstanmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Abstract. Glacier mass loss is among the clearest indicators of atmospheric warming. The observation of these changes is one of the major objectives of the international climate monitoring strategy developed by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS). Long-term glacier mass balance measurements are furthermore the basis for calibrating and validating models simulating future runoff of glacierised catchments. This is essential for Central Asia, which is one of the driest continental regions of the Northern Hemisphere. In the highly populated regions, water shortage due to decreased glacierisation potentially leads to pronounced political instability, drastic ecological changes and endangered food security. As a consequence of the collapse of the former Soviet Union, however, many valuable glacier monitoring sites in the Tien Shan and Pamir Mountains were abandoned. In recent years, multinational actors have re-established a set of important in situ measuring sites to continue the invaluable long-term data series. This paper introduces the applied monitoring strategy for selected glaciers in the Kyrgyz and Uzbek Tien Shan and Pamir, highlights the existing and the new measurements on these glaciers, and presents an example for how the old and new data can be combined to establish multi-decadal mass balance time series. This is crucial for understanding the impact of climate change on glaciers in this region.

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“…The methodology that has been presented already in different studies (e.g. Barandun et al, 2015;Kronenberg et al, 2016;Kenzhebaev et al, 2017) is shortly summarised hereafter.…”

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“…reported by different studies (Pieczonka and Bolch, 2015;Kronenberg et al, 2016;Brun et al, 2017). Summer snowfall is frequent and fresh snow can cover the entire glacier surface for several days during the melt season, significantly reducing ablation (Kronenberg et al, 2016).…”

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Multi-decadal mass balance series of three Kyrgyz glaciers inferred from transient snowline observations

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Abstract.Glacier mass balance observations in the Tien Shan and Pamir mountains are sparse and often discontinuous. Nevertheless, glaciers are one of the most important components of the high-mountain cryosphere in the region; they strongly influence water availability in the arid, continental and intensely populated downstream areas. This study provides reliable and continuous mass balance series for selected glaciers located in the Tien Shan and Pamir-Alay. A combination of three independent methods was 5 used to reconstruct for the past two decades the mass balance of the three benchmark glaciers, Abramov, Golubin and No.354. By applying different approaches, it was possible to compensate for the limitations and shortcomings of each individual method. This study proposes the use of transient snowline observations throughout the melting season obtained from satellite imagery and terrestrial automatic cameras. By combining modelling with remotely acquired information on summer snow depletion, it was possible to infer glacier mass changes for unmeasured years. Multi-annual mass changes based on high-10 accuracy digital elevation models and in situ glaciological surveys were used to validate the results for the investigated glaciers. balance modelling significantly narrows the uncertainty ranges of the estimates, and hence highlights the potential of the methodology for application to inaccessible glaciers at larger scales for which no direct measurements are available.

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