Effects of Changing Climate on Glacier Shrinkage and River Flow in the Upper Heihe River Basin, China

Autor:	Yi Cai, Shiyi Gu, Wenrui Huang, Fei Teng
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Hydrology geography geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology Global warming Drainage basin Glacier Structural basin Water resources Glacier mass balance Streamflow China Geology Earth-Surface Processes Water Science and Technology
Zdroj:	Journal of Coastal Research. 68:121-128
ISSN:	1551-5036 0749-0208
Popis:	Cai, Y.; Huang, W.; Teng, F., and Gu, S., 2014. Effects of changing climate on glacier shrinkage and river flow in the Upper Heihe River Basin, China. Based on observed hydro-meteorological data and Remote Sensing images collected from 1990 to 2010, analysis has been conducted to investigate the effects of changing climate on glacier shrinkage and river flow in the upper Heihe River basin, an inland mountain river basin in China. Observed data indicates that the temperature in the study area shows the increase trend at the annual increase rate of 0.07 Celsius Degree/year. Spatial analysis of glacier coverage indicates that the glacier coverage area shrankby 52.93 km2 at the rate of approximately 2.65 km2/year from 1990 to 2010 due to the global climate change. Small glaciers with area less than 1 km2 account for over 87 % of the remaining glaciers in 2010, which will accelerate the recession of glaciers. Further analysis of river flows at Zhamashike Station shows the increase trend of the river f...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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