Climate change and glacier area variations in China during the past half century  

作　　者：TIAN Hong-zhen YANG Tai-bao LV Hui LI Cheng-xiu HE Ying-bin 

机构地区：[1]School of Management, Tianjin Polytechnic University [2]Institute of Glaciology and Ecogeography, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University [3]Remote Sensing Laboratories, Department of Geography, University of Zurich [4]Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

出　　处：《Journal of Mountain Science》2016年第8期1345-1357,共13页山地科学学报（英文）

基　　金：supported by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40871057 and 41271024);CAAS Project Innovation (2016-2020);IARRP (2016-637-1);Tianjin Philosophy and Social Science Planning Project (TJGL15-028)

摘　　要：Glacier variations in the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding mountain ranges in China affect the livelihood of over one billion people who depend on water from the Yellow, Yangtze, Brahmaputra, Ganges and Indus rivers originating in these areas. Based on the results of the present study and published literature, we found that the glaciers shrank ：5.7% in area from 1963 to 20：0 with an annual area change of -0.33%. The shrinkage generally decreased from peripheral mountain ranges to the interior of Tibet. The linear trends of annual air temperature and precipitation at 147 stations were 0.36℃（10a）^-1 and 8.96 mm （10a）^-1 respectively from 1961 to 2010. The shrinkage of glaciers was well correlated with the rising temperature and the spatial patterns of the shrinkage were influenced by other factors superimposed on the rising temperature such as glacier size, type, elevation, debris cover and precipitation.

关 键 词：Glacier area Climate change AIR 

分 类 号：P343.6[天文地球—水文科学] P467[天文地球—地球物理学]