Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-505-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-505-2015
Research article
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16 Mar 2015
Research article |  | 16 Mar 2015

Spatial patterns in glacier characteristics and area changes from 1962 to 2006 in the Kanchenjunga–Sikkim area, eastern Himalaya

A. E. Racoviteanu, Y. Arnaud, M. W. Williams, and W. F. Manley

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AR by Adina Racoviteanu on behalf of the Authors (10 Dec 2014)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (12 Dec 2014) by Tobias Bolch
RR by Damodar Lamsal (27 Dec 2014)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (08 Jan 2015) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Adina Racoviteanu on behalf of the Authors (29 Jan 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (04 Feb 2015) by Tobias Bolch
RR by Damodar Lamsal (19 Feb 2015)
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Feb 2015) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Adina Racoviteanu on behalf of the Authors (25 Feb 2015)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
An overall negative glacier surface area change of 0.5±0.2% yr-1 was observed for the eastern Himalaya since 1962 based on remote sensing data. There were higher rates of area loss for clean glaciers (-34%, or -0.7% yr-1) compared to debris-covered glaciers (-14.3% or -0.3 yr-1) on a glacier-by-glacier basis. Patterns of area change are heterogenous and depend on topographic and climatic factors, glacier altitude (maximum, median, altitudinal range), glacier size, slope and aspect.