Articles | Volume 11, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2815-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2815-2017
Research article
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11 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 11 Dec 2017

Surface lowering of the debris-covered area of Kanchenjunga Glacier in the eastern Nepal Himalaya since 1975, as revealed by Hexagon KH-9 and ALOS satellite observations

Damodar Lamsal, Koji Fujita, and Akiko Sakai

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AR by Koji Fujita on behalf of the Authors (19 Feb 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (10 Mar 2017) by Tobias Bolch
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Apr 2017)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (05 May 2017) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Koji Fujita on behalf of the Authors (24 May 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (16 Jun 2017) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Anna Mirena Feist-Polner on behalf of the Authors (26 Sep 2017)  Author's response
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (13 Oct 2017) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Koji Fujita on behalf of the Authors (14 Oct 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (26 Oct 2017) by Tobias Bolch
AR by Koji Fujita on behalf of the Authors (31 Oct 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
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Short summary
This study presents the geodetic mass balance of Kanchenjunga Glacier, a heavily debris-covered glacier in the easternmost Nepal Himalaya, between 1975 and 2010 using high-resolution DEMs. The rate of elevation change positively correlates with elevation and glacier velocity, and significant surface lowering is observed at supraglacial ponds. A difference in pond density would strongly affect the different geodetic mass balances of the Kanchenjunga and Khumbu glaciers.