| Autor: |
Naito, Nozomu, Nakawo, Masayoshi, Aoki, Tatsuto, Asahi, Katsuhiko, Fujita, Koji, Sakai, Akiko, Kadota, Tsutomu, Shiraiwa, Takayuki, Seko, Katsumoto |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
1998 |
| Zdroj: |
Bulletin of glacier research. 16:67-73 |
| ISSN: |
0913-4190 |
| Popis: |
Surface flow velocities on the ablation area of the Lirung Glacier were calculated from the results of six surveys since 1989 to 1996. The annual flow speeds were about 6 m a-1 on the upper part of the ablation area near the icefall and the summer speeds were about one and half times faster than that. Around 2 km downstream from the upper part, the annual speeds decreased to about 2 m a-1 and the summer speeds were a little faster than that. Ice thickness was estimated, using the laminar flow theory, to be about 100 m or more than that in the upper part and about 50 m in the lower part of the ablation area. The rate of surface lowering was also preliminarily estimated, using the continuity equation, to be a little less than 20 cm a-1 on the average in the ablation area. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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