Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-703-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-703-2015
Research article
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15 Apr 2015
Research article |  | 15 Apr 2015

Mass changes of Southern and Northern Inylchek Glacier, Central Tian Shan, Kyrgyzstan, during ∼1975 and 2007 derived from remote sensing data

D. H. Shangguan, T. Bolch, Y. J. Ding, M. Kröhnert, T. Pieczonka, H. U. Wetzel, and S. Y. Liu

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AR by Donghui Shangguan on behalf of the Authors (30 Nov 2014)  Author's response    Manuscript
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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (21 Dec 2014) by Jon Ove Hagen
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ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (03 Mar 2015) by Jon Ove Hagen
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Short summary
Glacier velocity, glacier area, surface elevation and mass changes of the Southern and Northern Inylchek Glacier were investigated by using multi-temporal space-borne data sets. The mass balance of both SIG and NIG was negative(-0.43 ± 0.10 m w.e. a-1 and -0.25 ± 0.10 m w.e. a-1) from ~1975 to 2007. The thinning at the lake dam was higher, likely caused by calving into Lake Merzbacher. Thus, glacier thinning and glacier flow are significantly influenced by the lake.